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		eps on July 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Working in the software industry, circa 1989 Yeah, the whoomp of a CRT monitor powering up, the sound of a modem handshake at 2am and the flex of 5" floppies. Good memories of times never to return. But that's just nostalgie.

IntelMiner on July 11, 2022 [–]

I picked up an old CRT at Seattle's RePC a few months ago. An absolutely massive 1600 x 1200 (at 85 Hz!) thing

The first thing I did after powering it on was hit that degauss button, and my god the feeling

The bastard clonnnggeddd so loud my roommate heard it through the floor!

xnx on July 13, 2022 | [–]

I forgot all about degaussing!

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