Subj : Re: PC CMOS battery & GPU support bracket replaced
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Sep 11 2024 09:44 am

  Re: Re: PC CMOS battery & GPU support bracket replaced
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Sep 10 2024 09:24 am

 PF> For as much nostalgia as I have for older operating systems, I don't miss
 PF> MFM drives, fat ribbon cables taking up all of the space in my case, those
 PF> little wires that connected to the motherboard for lights and turbo
 PF> switches (which weren't keyes or standardized, so getting them all working
 PF> was a chore) or setting jumpers for IRQs.

Those little wires that connect to the motherboard for the lights, power button, and reset button still exist.  I built my current desktop in 2019, and the front LEDs and buttons still connect to the motherboard that way.  There's also the front USB ports, which connect to USB headers on the motherboard.

 PF> What I do miss? That satisfying THUNK of an old power supply switch,
 PF> ticking memory tests, and hard drives with access lights you could see
 PF> from the outside of the case.

I sometimes miss those too.

Nightfox
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