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   Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 20:35:38 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

   the appropriate number of ports any computer should have

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     Jake (jakesmolka@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 20:51:11 JST Jake

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     @thomasfuchs 3D glasses? Nice. Do you happen to know what models were compatible?

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 23:16:18 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Jake

     @jakesmolka I have no idea, I stopped myself before getting into workstations too much so I only have a NeXT slab

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 23:31:58 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     @grumpyoldtechie @vfig My NeXT uses it for the 21" Megapixel Color Display.

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     Grumpy Old Techie 🕊️ (grumpyoldtechie@hostux.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 23:32:02 JST Grumpy Old Techie 🕊️

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     • vfig

     @vfig @thomasfuchs Sun had them too. It’s the video connector. You can still buy converters to VGA. Look for 13W3 o VGA.

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     vfig (vfig@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 23:32:03 JST vfig

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     @thomasfuchs that d-sub with embedded coax is mad!

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 23:37:44 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Ray McCarthy

     @raymaccarthy my Apple laptop is similar, 1x headphone jack, 3x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), 1x SD card, 1x HDMI, 1x MagSafe charging (can also charge with USB-C)

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     Ray McCarthy (raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 18-Dec-2025 23:37:46 JST Ray McCarthy

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     @thomasfuchs
     My 2002 Laptop:
     3 x Audio ports
     two kinds of Video port
     Firewire
     Serial
     Parallel
     Ethernet
     PS/2 (spiltable to M & K. Immune to HID exploits)
     2x USB
     Dedicated 90W PSU connection.
     1600 x 1200 resolution.
     Built in CD/DVD read/Write
     Media bay takes floppy, or HDD, or 2nd battery.
     Docking port.
     No laptop > 1080 lines since.

     My 2023 laptop:
     1x combo audio
     2 x USB. One needed for charging, that's also the higher speed port & can do DP video instead.
     1x μmicro SD card slot, tied up..

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     Jim Flanagan (jimfl@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 19-Dec-2025 01:25:56 JST Jim Flanagan

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     @thomasfuchs Wild. I said to myself “reminds me of the back of the Indy” upon seeing the thumbnail!

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     Alexandra Magin 🏳️‍🌈 (recursive@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 19-Dec-2025 12:31:29 JST Alexandra Magin 🏳️‍🌈

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     @thomasfuchs Oh, that one has a lot more added on than the ones I'd used.

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     Eli the Bearded (elithebearded@fed.qaz.red)'s status on Friday, 19-Dec-2025 23:05:43 JST Eli the Bearded

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     @thomasfuchs

     Found my copy of the ad introducing the SGI Indy (taken from BYTE 12/1993)