A really lovely video and the videographer's lament at the culture of carelessly discarding consumer electronics products parallels with my recent experiences and the discussion it triggered.
Enjoy!
She certainly is fun. I'm a newcomer to her videos and I've subscribed to her channel on the strength of that video.
Its inspired me to disassemble my iMac G3 to replace the optical drive and flyback transformer.
Same here.
That allowed going online on the go using a cellphone — until the IR connection was interrupted. Bluetooth wasn’t quite ready for prime time in 2001.
I’ll check my early 2000s laptops for an IrDA “eye”.
I’ll check my early 2000s laptops for an IrDA “eye”.
Checked mine: only the Compaq Evo N400c (2001) and Toshiba Portégé 2000 (2002) have IrDA.
I used that a lot to go online using my PDA and Nokia 8210 at a glacial 9.6 kbps and also to beam custom operator logos and ringtones to it. Initially I hogged my dad's laptop for that but he got tired of it and made me buy an IrDA dongle for my PC
That's the legendary 6110 in GSM-land.
The 6110 possibly had some kind of data capability but required software to be installed on the PC to tap into it. And to top it off, the IR window wasn't IrDA-compatible!
Had to check, my only PC, a Toshiba Satellite 4090XCDT has it too
Gosh, been years since I've fired up this ugly thing.
This one?
I've seen worse.
Yep ! SameThis one?
I've seen worse.
. Now I'm surprised how the case feels "solid".
I had the idea to place it next to a Pismo for a minute... but no, it went back in the closet for now
I had the idea to place it next to a Pismo for a minute... but no, it went back in the closet for now
How dare you... A PowerBook 3400c is 3,3Kg of pure streamlined elegance. 😁Ouch!
There was a phase where Toshiba undeniably made questionable styling choices but I prefer the aesthetic of this (the first laptop model that I owned)...
...to some of the stuff that Apple churned out prior to Jobs returning and saving the day.
(Watch the flaming commence!)
Ouch!
There was a phase where Toshiba undeniably made questionable styling choices but I prefer the aesthetic of this (the first laptop model that I owned)...
...to some of the stuff that Apple churned out prior to Jobs returning and saving the day.
(Watch the flaming commence!)
Gack, I had some Bell South monstrosity back then, about 1994. I think the plan was $350 a month for 30 min. of peak, and I forget the off peak and weekends, or the overage rates.This was my dad's first one between 1992-1994...
...till he replaced it with the far more compact M301.
Agreed.
Perhaps we within this forum should take up such a mantle. After all, we're the perfect candidates to do so...
This was my dad's first one between 1992-1994...
This reminds me of the process of removing an old Nokia's SIM lock, which boils down to entering a long string of numbers and symbols but at least you can see it all on the display.
It was the same with home computers. They went from "Punch in your own source code" to WIMP.
That looks a lot like the first cell phone I had, but with Bell South where the MOTO logo is.In 1993 and 1994, when I worked for an office supply chain, I programmed a couple of these bricks (and, I think, one early flip phone, see below) for customers who came in and bought them off the floor (so to speak: they’d bring a product card to the cash, matching the product we kept in management’s booth). Motorola and/or the carrier supplied binders with step-by-step instructions for the reseller to key in the info to activate a unit.
What I remember is how long, complicated, slow, and convoluted it was to do this. It was literal keying in long strings of numbers (like what I guess would be IMEI or equivalent), strings for the carrier ID, and so on. And those poor displays couldn’t show all the digits in a long string, so screwing things up required starting over.
It was not fun, absolutely nothing like setting up a new device now, and at the time, left me thinking mobile phones would always be a business/luxury item. Of course, fast-forward to late 2000…