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  3. Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

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  • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

    Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

    #RetroComputing

    NazoN This user is from outside of this forum
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    @dianea For so many things...

    I still remember spending a whole freaking day trying to get someone's new soundcard working one time. I don't even think we ever actually figured out what was wrong. (Interrupts and etc were correct!) It just suddenly started working out of the blue, lol.

    We celebrated with some One Must Fall 2097 as anyone with a new soundcard must do.

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    • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

      Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

      #RetroComputing

      Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦R This user is from outside of this forum
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      @dianea and we had to do it against wind and uphill, both ways!

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      • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

        Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

        #RetroComputing

        NymnympseudonymN This user is from outside of this forum
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        @dianea This was around the time I noticed that the Unix implementations were generally solid ... and winsock was a steaming broken pile of optimism-coding (closest they could come to vibecoding without genAI)

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        • Brian EnigmaB Brian Enigma

          @dianea IRQ Conflict. Time to shuffle around a few jumpers.

          Corey Snipes 🕯️❄️C This user is from outside of this forum
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          @BrianEnigma @dianea IRQ 3 baby!

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          • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

            Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

            #RetroComputing

            Eric BrombaughE This user is from outside of this forum
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            @dianea The alt text on that image "inside of a vintage computer" has me crumbling to dust.

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            • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

              Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

              #RetroComputing

              Nuclear OatmealN This user is from outside of this forum
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              @dianea

              Don't forget having to scream our own connection.

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              • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

                Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

                #RetroComputing

                狐ヴィクシーK This user is from outside of this forum
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                @dianea@lgbtqia.space This is how dial up worked.

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                • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

                  Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

                  #RetroComputing

                  bstowB This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @dianea all of my 8250 UARTS were upgraded to 16550AFN and if you think you are going to steal their IRQs, you are going to end up on the table at the next swap meet, Mr Random POS expansion card

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                  • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

                    Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

                    #RetroComputing

                    undeadU This user is from outside of this forum
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                    undead
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                    @dianea

                    Lain's gran.

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                    • diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱D diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

                      Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

                      #RetroComputing

                      notanowlB This user is from outside of this forum
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                      notanowl
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                      #14

                      @dianea def reminds me of the old red queen build

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