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What was hacking like in the '80s and '90s? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I have somehow found myself doing a lighthearted talk on retro hacking this Wednesday. Would anyone here happen to know anything about it?

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Maybe I just don't know where to look or what.

I always hear these stories but companies in my city tend to donate old machines to charities (cool if it works that way) or trade them in to their vendor or something.

I'm actually kinda afraid with all the tarrifs and crap that we're gonna see secondhand hardware turn into speculative inflated eBay fodder because average folks can't afford new anymore.

Still looking for this supposed mountain of <TPM 2.0 machines that are supposed to surface for next to nothing any minute now. 😅