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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by Jtsummers on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:01AM (#50402599)
Depends on the schools for networks. I attended a college that finished adding wired networks to their dorms in 2000 or so. It just wasn't a campus priority in the 90s, fewer students had computers back then. If it was a school with more money or an engineering school they got to it earlier, the rest added it when they added it.
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Re:FAA Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Tra... by viraptor on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:52AM (#50403745)
Also depends on the environment. My dad used to repair the pre-PC computers: Amiga, Commodore, Atari, Spectrum, etc. I've had access to them before many others have even seen a computer. I've been given a really heavy, not-completely-broken and usable laptop before they became affordable for normal people.

People who grew up with or lived in the tech environment had access to lots of things.

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