Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1353
arrow-up1353message-squareThe recent events will probably be the first time that Gen Z and Gen alpha are hearing about 'Pagers'.Artemis_Mystique@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squarej4k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoI see your overhead projector and raise you a zip drive and a mini disc. I blow my NES cartridge to bid adieu to you.
minus-squareJoShmoe@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI bet a zip drive could blow their minds. The mini disc and nes cartridge wouldn’t even phase them. Stuff like that are too iconic.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI barely knew that minidiscs were a thing when they were contemporary.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI always thought zip drives were another term for flash drives because so many people just used the terms interchangably.
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoReminds me of how everyone is now misusing the term “ROM” to mean “Storage” when it actually means “Read-Only Memory”. Drives me nuts every time I see it in advertising.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s funny to me that things like EEPROM are considered ROM. Like, ok, I can write to it? Read only, huh?
I see your overhead projector and raise you a zip drive and a mini disc. I blow my NES cartridge to bid adieu to you.
I bet a zip drive could blow their minds. The mini disc and nes cartridge wouldn’t even phase them. Stuff like that are too iconic.
I barely knew that minidiscs were a thing when they were contemporary.
I always thought zip drives were another term for flash drives because so many people just used the terms interchangably.
Reminds me of how everyone is now misusing the term “ROM” to mean “Storage” when it actually means “Read-Only Memory”. Drives me nuts every time I see it in advertising.
It’s funny to me that things like EEPROM are considered ROM. Like, ok, I can write to it? Read only, huh?