Post #2233256
2026-05-07 03:58 UTC
@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @gknauss@mastodon.social
80 years ago, the definition of exotic high tech
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@A_Minion@mastodon.social 2026-05-07 04:48
@benroyce@mastodon.social @alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space @gknauss@mastodon.social Late 1990's I was in Russia visiting one of their Universities. I was in an office waiting for someone talking to a Secretary. She was excited she had just gotten a new computer, I'd guess it had a clone of the 8086 running at 1MHz she said. It was running a bootlegged cc of MS.dos with bootleg cc M$ Windows. I was up town, had an i486 laptop that I almost lost to airport security. They thought I might be carrying restricted tech . . . 😂
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@alexadeswift@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-07 09:55
@benroyce@mastodon.social Ahhh Bletchley Park! I never did get to go there, but I did get to Interview stage for a contract job at its successor ... @gknauss@mastodon.social