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Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc.

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Gateway Advertisement, Byte Magazine, Volume 13, Number 11, Fall 1988 (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/vintageads
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

duuuuuude this was my first non apple machine. the turbo button pushed it from i think 12 or 14 to 16mhz

fav memories:

  • spent many nights groomin the 40mb hard drive for storage space...
  • so many TSRs!
  • my first database
  • first downloaded porn from local BBSs
  • banner printing on an old panasonic tractor-fed dot matrix printer
  • first voice synth! trying to get it to pronounce vowels/complex words was fun at the time
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

The turbo button actually slowed a machine down, not up. Common misconception.

https://www.howtogeek.com/678617/why-did-the-turbo-button-slow-down-your-pc-in-the-90s/

[–] mindbleach 2 points 2 weeks ago

I am stealing "grooming the hard drive."