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[–] [email protected] 119 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Plus all the accoutrements that invariably went along with The Computer.

A printer and a scanner

A filing cabinet for all the things you liked to print and scan

A rack full of CD-ROM disks like Encarta 95 and Ecco The Dolphin and CorelDRAW 4

A beige container with clear plastic lid for storing floppy disks, that for some reason had a lock on it as if floppy disks were the Crown Jewels

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I still have all this stuff and the room. probably because I am not good at cleaning. also the office chair straight out of 90s. Maybe if enough time passes of not throwing things out I will be able to open a museum and make some extra

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We definitely upped our chair game since then. That's for sure

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don’t know, I feel like office chairs are made for some aliens. Never found one that is comfortable so I always sit like some fucking crab in a jar, feet on the table, hands desperately trying to maintain stable connection to peripherals.
Truth to be said I gave up on sitting. I do all my work reclined, slightly stoned, half nude with an air fan on max setting in a 25 wet bulb celsius

[–] qarbone 17 points 5 months ago

....i miss having no responsibilites.

[–] atomicorange 10 points 5 months ago

So many accoutrements! This was also the original home of the box of random cables that lived under the bed. Some day I’ll be buried with those cables.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had about 4 different boxes of floppies, with different keys for each. Any key worked in any lock. The handle of a spoon worked in any of the locks.

Just don't forget to put the dust cover back on the CRT monitor and keyboard when you were done!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

A do miss the degauss button.

Edit: There has to be an app that would simulate the button, right? I did a quick search just now and found one for iphone, another for android, but too old so it's no longer available/working. I'll look some more tomorrow.