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[–] 1984@lemmy.today 11 points 4 days ago (3 children)

When I was young, older people thought the monitor was the computer and had no idea there was a chassi under the desk connected to it. :)

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen the original Mac?

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Yes, but was never a mac dude.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When I was young people thought the keyboard was the computer. And they were right.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Or commodore 64. Amiga 500. Schneider 6128. ZX spectrum. Just to name a few from my time.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

Actually yeah, I didnt think of that but commodore 64 was my first computer. Its actually incredible the things it could do without any cooling or fan, and tiny graphics chip...

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 2 points 4 days ago

Reminds me of that story where a company secretary thought the towers are just junk and asked the whole lot thrown out the entire office