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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 08:29:29 JST Jason Evangelho

   Did I ever share this with you?

   https://medium.com/linuxforeveryone/1984-the-year-i-fell-helplessly-in-love-with-computers-b2b0ce58dd55

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     Vancha :fedora: (vancha@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 23:00:26 JST Vancha :fedora:

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     @killyourfm interesting and relatable :) I didn't get in quite so early, but just early enough to have a single "family" pc with a dail up modem. It has always been magic to me and a lot of it still is, but it's been a blast learning about it ^^

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 23:00:26 JST Jason Evangelho

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     @vancha If it never stops feeling like magic, it will always be fun to experience!

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 01:21:28 JST Jason Evangelho

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     @ReverseModule Those are great stories, too! I wish I could all of these tech origin stories into a volume somewhere. They're so inspiration, so full of nostalgia, and just a joy to read.

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     :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos (reversemodule@mstdn.games)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 01:21:31 JST :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos

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     @killyourfm
     Concerning PCs, it must have been around the same time I visited my Aunt and she had a Windows 3.1 machine. I BEGGED my dad to get one of these and it took 1-2 years but we went together to the store and bought the brand new Windows 95 PC.
     Unforgettable times!

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     :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos (reversemodule@mstdn.games)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2024 01:21:33 JST :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos

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     @killyourfm Really nice post. My first contact with videogames was when I was 4 and my dad brought home a Game Boy. The year was 1993 and I just couldn't get over how cool this thing was.

     He also bought a Looney Tunes game. The very first time I played it, I decided I wanted to be a game developer, which my dad definitely didn't expect or appreciate at the time. XD