Impatiently waiting on a serial laplink cable to be delivered because I want to watch the mail guy try to cram it on the mail box
@peemee Turns out she was just wanting attention. She's now under my desk and snoring loudly.
I am now being chewed out by the cat. These are the most strident and pointed meows I have heard in a while.
Another round of, "What in the HELL do you WANT?", begins. 1
I know for a fact it isn't food. She has a fresh bowl full of her favorite
@jextxadore We provided the service sontract for those machines (ComputerLand franchise). This was a DOS-Win3.11 Novell network so there was none of this sluggish crap like you have with modern OSes.
@jextxadore You start with the crate of network cards first. Then the multi-IO serial/parallel cards (as those too were jumpered). Then, you attack the motherboards. Then the cases come out. Everyone has a HILTI electric drill with screwdriver attachment. That part sounded like a Nascar Pit Crew.
Once you got a rhythm going, you could crank them out fast. :)
@matigo Planning to have it per-post or global?
// @JeremyCherfas @hazardwarning @c
@jextxadore Now having flashbacks of me and two other guys building 125 systems in one night for a university computer lab. This was back when all the network cards and motherboards had to be jumpered.
Long night.