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Yes, it was a 16-bit Windows thing.
Post #434,436
by
static
6/11/20 11:46:06 PM
6/11/20 11:46:06 PM
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Yes, it was a 16-bit Windows thing.
I remember it too. Not much more than a novelty, really.
Wade.
Things you forget about desktop computers
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drook
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- (33)
- June 9, 2020, 10:33:16 PM EDT
Are you sure?
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a6l6e6x
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- (4)
- June 9, 2020, 10:56:34 PM EDT
The part that goes "beep"?
- (
scoenye
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- (3)
- June 10, 2020, 07:51:09 AM EDT
I had one of those ... yes, nearly useless
-NT
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drook
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- June 10, 2020, 10:02:43 AM EDT
Microsoft had a PC Speaker driver at one point.
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mmoffitt
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- (1)
- June 10, 2020, 12:05:31 PM EDT
Yes, it was a 16-bit Windows thing.
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static
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- June 11, 2020, 11:46:06 PM EDT
Desktop computers? Is there some other kind?
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Andrew Grygus
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- (27)
- June 9, 2020, 11:02:17 PM EDT
Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds.
-NT
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drook
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- (4)
- June 10, 2020, 12:52:16 AM EDT
Re: Servers, workstations, mainframes, embedded ... Yeah, quite a few other kinds.
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Andrew Grygus
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- (3)
- June 10, 2020, 01:47:27 AM EDT
Most browsing and media consumption is on handheld devices these days, afaik
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pwhysall
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- (2)
- June 10, 2020, 02:36:57 AM EDT
Google says . . .
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Andrew Grygus
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- (1)
- June 10, 2020, 11:27:31 PM EDT
Try BrowserStack for testing.
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malraux
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- June 11, 2020, 12:48:41 PM EDT
With desktop peripherals, laptops/notebooks ARE desktops.
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CRConrad
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- (21)
- June 11, 2020, 05:56:18 AM EDT
As long as there's a dock so I only need to fiddle with one plug
-NT
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drook
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- (1)
- June 10, 2020, 06:18:05 PM EDT
Yeah, that would be even nicer.
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CRConrad
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- June 10, 2020, 07:10:01 PM EDT
Well, my (remaining) clients mostly perfer . . .
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Andrew Grygus
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- (18)
- June 10, 2020, 11:33:36 PM EDT
"install a dual monitor video card"... When was this, in 1987?
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CRConrad
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- (17)
- June 11, 2020, 05:59:45 AM EDT
A lot of desktops have embedded video.
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static
)
- (16)
- June 11, 2020, 11:49:31 PM EDT
Which was the case here.
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Andrew Grygus
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- (5)
- June 12, 2020, 01:37:54 AM EDT
Utterly fucking weird.
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CRConrad
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- (4)
- June 12, 2020, 05:10:04 AM EDT
Hey, I'm using one of those low-profile HP desktops
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drook
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- June 12, 2020, 12:20:04 PM EDT
It wouldn't have mattered much
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scoenye
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- (2)
- June 12, 2020, 05:51:03 PM EDT
Preach it
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pwhysall
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- (1)
- June 13, 2020, 02:31:52 AM EDT
Note on USB3/TB and Macs
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drook
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- June 13, 2020, 09:28:40 AM EDT
What's "embedded" video, if not what laptops have had since... Idunno, the Bronze Age?
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CRConrad
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- (9)
- June 12, 2020, 05:04:16 AM EDT
Looking at the back of mine ...
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drook
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- (7)
- June 12, 2020, 12:22:26 PM EDT
OK, no USB Type C, of course... But no DisplayPort (2007) or HDMI (2003)? Or even DVI (1999)?!?
-NT
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CRConrad
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- (6)
- June 12, 2020, 05:19:07 PM EDT
Notebooks here are starting to come with HDMI . . .
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Andrew Grygus
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- (4)
- June 12, 2020, 07:08:16 PM EDT
My work laptop has only one HDMI port
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pwhysall
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- (3)
- June 13, 2020, 02:27:24 AM EDT
I got J a new Mac Mini and a 4K LG display recently.
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Another Scott
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- (2)
- June 15, 2020, 12:25:10 AM EDT
USB-C "docks" and adapters... *sigh*
- (
static
)
- (1)
- June 15, 2020, 04:17:39 AM EDT
Insert standard XKCD reference here
-NT
- (
drook
)
- June 15, 2020, 09:01:28 AM EDT
Nope, nope, and nope
-NT
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drook
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- June 13, 2020, 12:29:03 AM EDT
Not just the processor.
- (
static
)
- June 14, 2020, 06:14:39 AM EDT
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Every 3-4 episodes they would finally attack each other and some stupid aerial melee would begin with missed attacks inevitably shattering backdrops while direct hits only propelled the enemy into backdrops for shattering.
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