Nostalgia Junkyard

Quote from: rachel on April 02, 2025, 01:54:52 am

Also, does PC stand for personal computer? I never questioned what PC meant. Huh

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Quote from: Fishmé on April 15, 2025, 01:45:02 pm

Quote from: rachel on April 02, 2025, 01:54:52 am

Also, does PC stand for personal computer? I never questioned what PC meant. Huh

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Woah?! Funky...

Quote from: rachel on April 18, 2025, 01:00:56 pm

Quote from: Fishmé on April 15, 2025, 01:45:02 pm

Quote from: rachel on April 02, 2025, 01:54:52 am

Also, does PC stand for personal computer? I never questioned what PC meant. Huh

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Woah?! Funky...

Can you still do that? Is it to the scale of a team working on monitors for like super computers now? (I clearly do not know shit)

Quote from: Fishmé on April 19, 2025, 12:07:28 am

Quote from: rachel on April 18, 2025, 01:00:56 pm

Yes Personal Computer, as in a computer that is owned by an individual at their home. As opposed to a mainframe computer running in a large office building or school. Back in the 60s - 90s most computers that people used were actually just monitors hooked up to a large computer running in the basement (I'm simplifying here, but that's the gist)

Woah?! Funky...

Can you still do that? Is it to the scale of a team working on monitors for like super computers now? (I clearly do not know shit)

Yes, this still happens in many corporate and educational settings. Like when you log into a computer at your school using your student account and you can have the same files / programs on your desktop no matter what computer you log into. Essentially there is a big server running somewhere in the building and you are using your computer to log into your account on the server.

Yall remember Bop IT!!