Post AvbTUnpMHhohzxYqlE by peter@social.linss.com
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(DIR) Post #AvbHzubHxBI2X230yG by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-28T20:38:01Z
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one of the problems with being foone is that sometimes I'll catch myself thinking "maybe my next keyboard should have PCMCIA slots" and seriously what the hell
(DIR) Post #AvbI9ShSXdywtbUImO by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-06-28T20:40:08.062685Z
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@foone Reminds me of microcomputers / cyberdecks.
(DIR) Post #AvbIEnyEsx4wJUssO8 by wonka@chaos.social
2025-06-28T20:40:42Z
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@foone A keyboard connected via USB-C could actually have ExpressCard and CardBus slots.
(DIR) Post #AvbIIQ3ziImNKDIdSS by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-28T20:41:20Z
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@wonka I should make a thunderbolt keyboard. HID protocol? no, it just DMAs keypresses into your OS buffer
(DIR) Post #AvbIU7JfF160elCt2O by rolenthedeep@rattodon.nexus
2025-06-28T20:43:19Z
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@fooneKeyboard that pops out of the pcmcia slot
(DIR) Post #AvbIWvOzzekcZh2bVg by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-28T20:43:39Z
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@rolenthedeep I'm almost certain that existed in some form
(DIR) Post #AvbIbPsic7hsGN5GQi by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2025-06-28T20:45:10.872829Z
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@foone @wonka Makes me wonder if there's been the keyboard equivalent of front-panel toggle switches on a commercial computer.
(DIR) Post #AvbJ1NuqXq2hhCShGq by antijingoist@masto.hackers.town
2025-06-28T20:49:25Z
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@foone if you type fast enough you can BE the OS 🤣@wonka
(DIR) Post #AvbJftNiyW8OruHiOe by hp@mastodon.tmm.cx
2025-06-28T20:56:37Z
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@foone @rolenthedeepThe REX6000 is not, not, thathttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/REX_6000
(DIR) Post #AvbL01HPQ4ez6sUZV2 by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-06-28T21:12:08Z
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@foone After all, why not? Why shouldn't it have PCMCIA slots?
(DIR) Post #AvbLFUXstOeyDgZlp2 by Taco_lad@aus.social
2025-06-28T21:14:23Z
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@foone @rolenthedeep I have a BT folding mouse that fits in such a slot
(DIR) Post #AvbLdjR7BFIjLvy5RI by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-28T21:18:49Z
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@nina_kali_nina hah!
(DIR) Post #AvbOju42sXX3uloPCK by viraptor@cyberplace.social
2025-06-28T21:53:30Z
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@foone modifier PCMCIA! "here's your shift card"...
(DIR) Post #AvbTUnpMHhohzxYqlE by peter@social.linss.com
2025-06-28T22:45:28Z
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@foone I still have a PCMCIA CPDP modem you could use for that SMS entry idea…(I used to surf the web on my Newton with it…)
(DIR) Post #AvbuKuFyDvHznxVwNk by SvenGeier@mathstodon.xyz
2025-06-29T03:47:37Z
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@fooneNow I'm thinking a stack of PCMCIA cards, one for each letter. You insert the card for the letter you want to type, press the "send" button, then insert the next card...