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   Jason Scott (textfiles@mastodon.archive.org)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 09:01:50 JST Jason Scott

   An Internet Archive user named
   issung has begun uploading lots of photos of LAN parties from the 1990s and 2000s. Grainy, wired hanging-out goodness!

   https://archive.org/details/@issung

   • Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:, Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🏴‍☠️🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦🐧 and MortSinyx like this.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 19:58:46 JST SuperDicq

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     @textfiles@mastodon.archive.org Yes, but will any of these images ever top the one of the guy ductaped to the ceiling playing counter strike?

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 21:12:10 JST 翠星石

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     • Arcticulate
     @Arcticulate @textfiles Btw, the name of the connection is 8P8C.
     
     RJ-45S (Registered Jack 45S) is the name of a proprietary slotted variant of the 8P8C connection that is not used anymore.
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     Arcticulate (arcticulate@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 20-Jan-2025 21:12:12 JST Arcticulate

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     @textfiles Who could afford to buy network ISA cards accepting RJ-45? Not me, I was a teenager. I had to go low-budget with BNC coax, instead 🙂