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   abadidea (0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 01:12:25 JST abadidea

   90s Toy Computer Appreciation Post

   there was a brief window of time in the 90s where these things had their own aisle in American toy stores. I wanted one but I never got one because we... had a real computer.

   #retrocomputing

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 01:14:58 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @0xabad1dea I had one of those, but there was already a bunch of computers at home, not really sure why my parents got me one…
     (or maybe was gifted by others)
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     abadidea (0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 01:35:19 JST abadidea

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     • TheirStar 🏳️‍⚧️

     @theirstar they were teaching about the consequences of bad posts all the way back then? very forward-thinking

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     TheirStar 🏳️‍⚧️ (theirstar@teal.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Nov-2025 01:35:20 JST TheirStar 🏳️‍⚧️

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     @0xabad1dea have to admit I did love my vtech even though I was way too young for its math games. The hell is a 'ratio'?