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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 days agoThey certainly knew how to collect it back then. They just didn’t yet have anyone willing to buy it from them.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 days agoIf it’s 97, there’s a good chance the computer doesn’t even have an internet connection.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-27 days agoAnd even if it did, it wasn’t always connected when running.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoGod damn do I miss dialup. It was great for avoiding all contact with people.
They certainly knew how to collect it back then. They just didn’t yet have anyone willing to buy it from them.
If it’s 97, there’s a good chance the computer doesn’t even have an internet connection.
And even if it did, it wasn’t always connected when running.
God damn do I miss dialup. It was great for avoiding all contact with people.