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minus-squaremcv@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·14 hours agoI remember wondering as a kid why those plugs needed to be screwed in like that. It seemed ridiculously overengineered.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoNo hotplugging back then. If you pulled out the plug, gotta reboot. Idk if anything worse could happen, like damage to the hardware.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·13 hours agoThe pixels come out otherwise.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 hours agoIt was! Back in the day, half the time the screws were tighter in the plug which caused the sockets to come out of the motherboard rather than unscrewing in many times during my desktop days. I fucking hated them! Could at least straighten a bent pin, though…
I remember wondering as a kid why those plugs needed to be screwed in like that. It seemed ridiculously overengineered.
No hotplugging back then. If you pulled out the plug, gotta reboot. Idk if anything worse could happen, like damage to the hardware.
The pixels come out otherwise.
It was! Back in the day, half the time the screws were tighter in the plug which caused the sockets to come out of the motherboard rather than unscrewing in many times during my desktop days. I fucking hated them!
Could at least straighten a bent pin, though…