#US Robotics

[commodorez]

Stuck PCMCIA modem card in this Thinkpad belonging to @ms-dos5. All my strength and a pair of pliers would not get it to eject. It was stuck in there good, figured it might have been a 32-bit card in a 16-bit socket or something.

Took the whole thing apart to look for a lost screw, figured it was worth it to keep opening it up to see if an obvious way to remove the card was visible.

Nothing. But we did find the lost screw, it was wedged somewhere it shouldn't have been inside of the RF shielding.

Finally realized that adhesive between the card and the PCMCIA cage was what was holding the stupid thing in place. Wedged a small screwdriver in there and slowly worked the adhesive apart. Once that friction was removed, the spring shot the card right out of the socket.

You can see the residue on the text label there, after we finally got the stupid thing out of there.

Sadly, card is trashed for the effort. But hey, it's free, and the Thinkpad is fine. Fortunately modem cards are a dime a dozen, not much use for these things in 2025. It's the future now, or something.

This machine did its part at VCF East XX

[retrocgads]

USA 1997

[musicmags]

[squidsmeister]

Really cool day at the rainforest cafe

[retrocompmx]

Efemérides tecnológica: 12 de junio de 1997 se fusionan 3Com y US Robotics

El 12 de junio, se cumplen 28 años de la fusión de 3Com (Ethernet) y US Robotics (Módems) en 1997. Una unión de $6.6 mil millones que buscó dominar la red, ¡pero la velocidad de Internet los superó! #retrocomputingmx #3com #USRobotics #HistoriaTech #dialup #90s

[cl0wn-tim3]

drawing box mettena but you can have this stupid doodle for rn

[chloesimaginationthings]

The animatronics are different from FNAF 1 movie..

[et-in-arkadia]

* * *

Mission mode change detected, now in Monument Mode Goodnight friends. After exchanging our final bits of data,

I will hold vigil on this spot in Mare Crisium to watch humanity's continued journey to the stars.

Here, I will outlast your mightiest rivers, your tallest mountains, and perhaps even your species as we know it.

But it is remarkable that a species might be outlasted by its own ingenuity.

Here lies Blue Ghost, a testament to the team who, with the loving support of their families and friends, built and operated this machine and its payloads,

to push the capabilities and knowledge of humanity one small step further.

Per aspera ad astra!

Love, Blue Ghost

* * *

no you are actively crying over a dying robot on the moon i am doing just fine thanks

[probably-a-plant-thing]

PET THAT SKELETON NOWW !!!

[retrocgads]

USA 1997

[yoan-le-grall]

[rorynni]

I’m rereading all of the VBS stories right now and Toya must have looked so out of place singing on Vivid Street before he met Akito and started getting his outfits picked out and styled by him.

[beepboopappreciation]

I've noticed a trend

[marejuka]

What is Romance if not this?

[theartingace]

so I've been OBSESSED with Murderbot

I've already largely changed my mind on it's design like 3 times but Vico Ortiz remains my ultimate inspiration

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Glamrock Freddy has an existential crisis..