Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down18
arrow-up1147arrow-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months agoHaven’t watched the video, but isn’t that what most small computer shops do to this day?
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 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-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 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.