Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 6 months agoTIL that in Japan in 1980s, you could buy computer parts at cheap prices from shopping arcades and have them made into computerswww.youtube.commessage-square20arrow-up1157arrow-down18
arrow-up1149arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in Japan in 1980s, you could buy computer parts at cheap prices from shopping arcades and have them made into computerswww.youtube.comDon_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square20
minus-squarepoVoqlinkfedilinkEnglish23•6 months agoHaven’t watched the video, but isn’t that what most small computer shops do to this day?
minus-square@davidgrolinkEnglish24•6 months agoI was about to reply with https://pcpartpicker.com/ But actually they mean on the chip level - and interview a guy who made whole clone machines himself including his own motherboards
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-26 months agoWow, that’s impressive! It’s a shame such a cool skill is not really needed nowadays where everything is either standardized or there are a few models.
Haven’t watched the video, but isn’t that what most small computer shops do to this day?
I was about to reply with https://pcpartpicker.com/
But actually they mean on the chip level - and interview a guy who made whole clone machines himself including his own motherboards
Wow, that’s impressive! It’s a shame such a cool skill is not really needed nowadays where everything is either standardized or there are a few models.