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Re: "I continually reflect on how big of a deal it would..."
Almost 40 years ago... Tandy 1000 and an IBM both upgraded to a screaming fast 386 with MSDOS. Wolfenstein was the hottest game of the day... :)
2023-12-12 · 3 months ago
I continually reflect on how big of a deal it would actually be, long term, to lose the last 20 years of IT progress. Cell phones on 3G are bleeding-edge, that's far as it goes. Dial-up internet still has a place in the world, and in many cases 56K is still as fast as you'll get. CD-ROMs (or if you're ritzy, DVD's) are still the Lingua Franca for transferring bulk data, most affordable USB sticks scarcely carry 256MB. Social media as we know it simply didn't exist; IRC and things like AIM...