I think the problem is that there wasn't really an ending. Although I've been told if you sit through ending credits with subtitles enabled, there actually was an ending & you'll see it.

Oh for sure. There's some pretty strange individuals out there though.

May have something to do with this, I suspect.

youtu.be/udrnSDVbbhw?...

Started around the same time, also with Slackware. Spent near a month trying to get my PPP chat script working with local ISP, but eventually prevailed. Problem in the end was DNS. Been almost exclusively Linux desktop since early 2000's.

Anyway, it launched a career for me as Linux & Unix admin.

I hadn't realised they made people so small!

I got a Secret Labs chair for my birthday 5 or 6 years go now. It's still in daily use. Nothing broken on it yet, struts are still holding my 115kg weight. I've been suitably impressed.

The answer to life, the universe and everything.

Honouring the past. Innovating the future.

And probably not too far off locking people up for not displaying anything but praise for The Great Leader.

What, and he hasn't even got a commodore.net email address yet?

Must have a boot full of magic beans to sell.

Been my go to since late 90s.

Mikmod? Curses based mod player.

Or maybe just remove spam filtering for that mailbox instead. No more quarantine.

Oh, I had that exact toy as a toddler. I still remember it so clearly.

I helped a neighbour setup Win 11 on a new laptop yesterday and it was one of the most frustrating and broken experiences I've ever had. When did computers stop working for us and start working against us? If I had trouble, what hope has a non techie got?

I'm not so sure about that. I think it speaks more about people (mostly men) in our age bracket having disposable income and looking to spend it on something for the sake of having something new.

Would definitely help to self locate into the cartridge slot.

And now we're in BASIC.

Complete with the complete monitor ROM source code listing.