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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And having to pick your IRQ when installing anything into your machine, and the weird bugs that could happen if you mucked it up.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I remember manually programming the cylinders and heads on a hdd into the bios. Kids these days got it easy

I had a little book with the settings for almost every brand and model of hard drive that existed when published.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 1 points 4 days ago

And when the bits feel off the end and you had to wind them back on with a pencil.