Maybe I've already posted it, but this was my desktop in early 2000.

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

Maybe I've already posted it, but this was my desktop in early 2000.

This was running #Linux, at the time of the photo.
Since 2002, both #Linux and #FreeBSD in dual boot.

#ThrowbackThursday #RetroComputing #VintageComputer

[jpetazzo@hachyderm.io]

@stefano this is so cool! I see the USR modem on the right, so I wonder what's the blue thingie on top of the scanner (?), is that another modem? Maybe a DSL one?

[miodvallat@hostux.social]

@stefano Good ol'ubiquitous Zip drive!

[anparker@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano And a first thing I noticed is a huge speaker.

[qwertz@defcon.social]

@stefano

A classic, open case, never-ending fun, and endless upgrades

[kaveman@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano that keyboard's so white it is bothering me... no coffee stains, snack smudges... how did you even live back then??

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@jpetazzo it was a IOmega Zip drive

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@kaveman eheh it was brand new

[jpetazzo@hachyderm.io]

@stefano ahhh yes indeed! Thanks

[anparker@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@kaveman @stefano >no coffee stains
Good old times when you spill a coffee on a keyboard and it survives. Cheap modern ones will die if you bring a cup closer than 10 cm.

[ottobackwards@hachyderm.io]

@stefano man, the scanner is bringing back memories!

[anparker@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano @jpetazzo Heh, when I got one show was already so over. It was internal IDE one for 3.5 slot. Still have it somewhere.

[joany@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@stefano beast 🥰

[rnbastos@mas.erb.pw]

@stefano I see that pic and many memories come with that scanner and the Zip drive and its click of death.

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@anparker @jpetazzo I think I still have that, somewhere. The last time I tried it, it was still working

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@qwertz that’s the reason why it was always open

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@stefano Not one, but two optical drives. Let me guess, the burner is CD only and the other drive can read DVDs but can't burn?

Why the extra little driver on top of the speaker? Was it modded to have, like a super tweeter for reaching 40KHz frequencies or something?

[pertho@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@miodvallat @stefano Until it gets the ominous "click of death"

(I had 2 iomega zip drives)

[miodvallat@hostux.social]

@pertho @stefano I have been lucky enough to never have this happen to me; some of my friends or coworkers were not as lucky.

[stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@nazokiyoubinbou one was a burner (slow in both reading and burning), the other one a faster, more compatible CD reader. No DVDs, yet.

The little driver was a weird experiment: I connected a sub woofer and that twitter to my amp, Different impedance, it was a mess. But it sounded surprisingly good