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Jeff Horton (Elbows Up CanElxn 2025)<p>I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/56k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>56k</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oldprogrammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldprogrammer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oldcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a></p>
Jeff Horton (Elbows Up CanElxn 2025)<p>Huh, so that file I was looking for all afternoon wasn't on any of the old computers at all. It was on my current machine, in the folder it would have been expected to be in. </p><p>Seems I forgot I did the work on this computer. Well at least I gain current knowledge of what boots and which drives still work right?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oldprogrammer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldprogrammer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oldcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputers</span></a></p>