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Why is Tom stealing a printer? Needed one for the Delta Flyer?

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[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

Those specs are adorable.

And the price absurd.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In 97? That's a great deal, especially if it came with the monitor.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Guarantee the monitor was not included.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

My last custom build from 3 years ago was a little over $3k. For that mass produced box at $2k from over 24ish years prior seems a bit stiff by comparison.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Moores law has been a kind bastard for a long time.

200mhz in 97, with 2GB of hard drive space? Bet it had a 56.6kb modem too. That was all premium components at that time, the ryzen 9, 4TB nvme 5 and wifi 7e/2.5gb ethernet of its day.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

$2000 in 1997 is about $3920 today

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In those days you could build it yourself for half the price of a name brand.

Edit: for the downvoters.

Did you ever go to a computer show and sale at a fairgrounds or expo center? Or buy/subscribe to Computer Shopper magazine (the one that looked like a telephone book).

The PC market was completely different in the 90's.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Well, that is eight times more CD-ROM speed than most any computer sold today.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Infinite more speed than the empty drive bays I'm using for CDs and DVDs.

Though I've been considering getting an external drive. Mainly to check if my old CD and DVD backups/data dumps are just junk now or are still readable (to probably rip the iso and then burn a new copy that will likely sit unused for another decade or two).

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago
[-] zcd@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

That mfer would have run doom like a mofo

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago

Has anyone tried calling the number and asking for the p200v?

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The chip that runs the smart outlet my coffee maker plugs into has better specs than that lol

And yes, it can run DOOM

[-] kbal@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago

By Grabthar's Hammer, what a camcorder.

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 18 points 1 month ago

This is the most ‘90s image ever. They look like the cast of a sitcom. Secondly, I finally know what the device Picardo is holding is.

Of course the hidden detail of the computer monitor showing a screenshot from TOS is lovely.

[-] themoken@startrek.website 18 points 1 month ago

Even in the promos Kes is awkwardly tacked on.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Be nice to her. She's just a toddler.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 11 points 1 month ago

At least The Doctor has the camcorder; that's actually canon.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[-] ptz@dubvee.org 25 points 1 month ago

Why is Tom stealing a printer?

This, however, is not Canon. It's an HP.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It's from the time HP printers needed only a semiannual cleaning, would last a decade, and the cartridges were cheap.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yep. That's what "killed" it for me. The cartridges that were like $25 when I first acquired it were like $65 by the time I got rid of it. Part of that could be due to it being an older model, but definitely shouldn't be a $40 difference in 6 years.

[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I think I got that printer for a family member for Christmas. And yes, before you ask, the 3d maze was the screensaver

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I had it, too (or at least one in the same DeskJet 6xx family). Got it from a dumpster dive in high school, threw in some new ink cartridges, and was good to go. That thing lasted me all the way through college.

HP has fallen so far from grace it's crazy.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

They seem to really want it that way for some reason

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

No, it's Sony.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

I....I think I've seen this porn....

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Holy crap! That is a glorious find Squid!!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

It is. I admit I didn't find it, someone found it and I passed it on.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

for some reason.

Money. The reason is money.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

“We gotta do something nerds like to sell computers. What do nerds like?”

[-] Olap@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Where even chakotay has no purpose

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[-] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

He was an insurance policy in case something happened to Janeway… or they needed to do an episode with aliens as the basis of some Indian/first peoples cultural background.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] Olap@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Given my hiring purposes this week, I'd actually hire Robert Beltran today in real actual life. I need a bullshitter to show what network telly can produce, and if they opt for him: it's their fault!

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Akoocheemoya, please help with HR.

[-] Olap@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Lol, do you think he takes Indian rates? Only way this may work in a tech with org

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

Well the image with the webcam on his head wouldn't have been the same without him

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

They've all got that 80s-90s leanness. Before we plumped up on high fructose corn syrup.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Does not look at all like her

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 month ago

It is the hair and the ears.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Oh dang I don't remember the long curly hair.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

A lot of them have different hair in those pictures. It must have been between shooting seasons.

[-] rockandsock@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

From what I understand a lot of actors wear hair pieces on TV shows for a consistent appearance.

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