Lesley Carhart 
Lesley, what were you like in the 90s starter pack
device ⛧@device Two floppy drives. B drive, y'all
Me 🐶@hacks4pancakes @device I have a b drive mapped to an hdd in memorial of dual floppy drives
Varx@hacks4pancakes that computer setup! So awesome. I can smell the wood and hear the slight hum of the CRT powering on.
Rachel@hacks4pancakes I should find some of the mid 2000s college dorm photos.......
🦩 Plastic Garden Fauna 🦩@rachel @hacks4pancakes LAN party? I'm in! 😆
@OvertonDoors @hacks4pancakes there was a bunch of rescued beige computers, a lofted bed with no mattress acting as a shelf, and a literal wall of coke cans..... Good stuff good stuff
الجبر خوارزمی@hacks4pancakes yay, just like me in the 90s ;)
thermonuclear small claims@hacks4pancakes so a badass then
Keira (She/Her)@hacks4pancakes my boyfriend had that computer desk, my second year at uni. Memories!
I remember using his computer to write assignments, and chatting with his gamer friend from the US on msn. Gave the guy a recipe for spaghetti bolognese because he didn't know how to cook and wanted do something nice for his mum.
@hacks4pancakes I was not yet into computers.
AJ Sadauskas@keira_reckons @hacks4pancakes Not the same desk here, but that CD-ROM rack brings back memories. I used to have two sitting next to my computer with semitranslucent shelves (because early 2000s). One was purple and the other was green.
@aj
I like the colour choices
I like the colour choices
SIEM Shady@hacks4pancakes That CD rack next to the monitor would have been so handy. That time in 2000 I had mine wedged into "Bookcase, 3 drawers. NSN XXXX-XX-XXX-XXXX" with the keyboard balanced on an open drawer. A+ ergonomics.
LumiWorxAhhh yes... year 2000, and the transitional period for everything from pine wood plank desks being replaced by particle board models, multi-sync CRT's, and Rack-n-Stack CD towers, and my fav, the dual-cassete boombox. Did you squeak past the Omega Jaz drives craze, though.
Can we go backward, please? Y2K, take 2?
Dennis Faucher 
@hacks4pancakes Love it
Elvis Prestwick@hacks4pancakes Also here for the computer pic, that's great and the date overlay just seals it.
Dave Alvarado@hacks4pancakes I forgot about CD case storage built into desks!
Anyia, geeky 🏳️⚧️ girl@hacks4pancakes Is that a copy of "Tricks of the Game Programming Gurus" I spy on your shelf?
TypeZERO@hacks4pancakes The Moonlight Knight - That's a deep cut.
Love it!
Love it!
Tinman@hacks4pancakes WOW that is like a blast from the past. You were much more organized then I was.
That tower reminds me of a setup I had. Along with the now huge and clunky CRT. That was a time when 3.5" floppy disks were on the way out, but you had to have a drive just in case.
I didn't have that desk. I had a corner type desk from an office cubical that worked really well for me
That tower reminds me of a setup I had. Along with the now huge and clunky CRT. That was a time when 3.5" floppy disks were on the way out, but you had to have a drive just in case.
I didn't have that desk. I had a corner type desk from an office cubical that worked really well for me
@hacks4pancakes What OS were you running?
Linux
BSD
Windows 98/2000
@culper every os was good in 99/2000
Simon ZerafaI was beta testing Windows 2000 around that time on a very similar PC setup. I did invest in a large 21" CRT which weighed a tonne and bent the desk I was using 😁
da_667@hacks4pancakes that computer desk setup gives me nostalgia. Our first family PC was an 800mhz pentium 3, 128mb of RAM, 40GB hdd, 56k modem, Windows Millenium Edition.
We didn't have access to a family PC with internet until I was in high school. I graduated, bought my own PC, and bought cable internet.
The Psychotic Network Ferret@da_667 @hacks4pancakes good lord..... I am so damn old.
@nuintari @hacks4pancakes I know many of you will tell me I don't know shit, probably having been involved since the 8086/486.
There's a part of me that wonders if I had earlier exposure to a PC, if I would have been a better programmer, or if my path would have changed.
I don't know. I'm where I am through a combination of hard work, support of my parents, and support of my friends and peers. But I always am left wondering: What would have happened if I had a bigger head start than high school?
for all of the negative shit we have to deal with education right now -- AI, over-reliance on tech, the loss of critical thinking skills, the children have opportunities that we never had, and I'm glad for them.
@da_667 @hacks4pancakes I doubt that matters as much as some may think, some people just have the knack and the drive to learn. You have always struck me as such a person.
@nuintari @hacks4pancakes I appreciate that from you. Your rules of networking come from hard-won knowledge, and I appreciate your willingness to share your lessons with us.
@da_667 @hacks4pancakes Right back at you, I've learned more than a few things from you as well.
And I swear, I'll finish that book someday!
Nick 'The Viking'@hacks4pancakes I had that same exact PC case!
TheNovemberFella ✊🏳️🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀
ShawnT 🔧🐀@hacks4pancakes baby Lesley, already had the F-U attitude! And you kept it!
(edit: fixed your name; sorry!)
(edit: fixed your name; sorry!)
Michelle (she/her) 
🇵🇷@hacks4pancakes Christ....I had that same desk set up. Good grief
Graham Sutherland / Polynomial@hacks4pancakes remember when designer CD racks were a thing? that takes me back
T2R@hacks4pancakes Cosplay or just halloween?
@T2R cosplay I think
@hacks4pancakes I figured. I don’t think sailor moon characters were a widely known show till later. I didn’t start cosplaying until 2014.
@hacks4pancakes Too cool for me back then.....
GarretSidzaka@hacks4pancakes
Relatable af
Relatable af