Ah, 1993. A time when technology was a luxury and the phrase “cutting edge” applied to a computer the size of a small kitchen appliance. Let’s take a little stroll down memory lane, back to a world where PCs cost more than some used cars, and a good setup required not only a hefty budget but also a dedicated chunk of your home real estate.

The $5,000 Machine That Ruled the Room

Imagine this: a massive desk groaning under the weight of a PC tower that could double as a space heater, a monitor the size of a small TV (and about as heavy), and an endless tangle of cords. Oh, and don’t forget the tethered mouse—complete with a ball you had to clean because it got gunked up with lint.

And that $5,000 price tag? It didn’t even include the ergonomic chair you needed after hunching over to dial into the internet for hours.

Floppy Disks That Weren’t Floppy

Remember those 3.5-inch floppy disks? They were everywhere. Despite the name, they weren’t floppy at all—unless you count the label you had to peel off and re-stick every time you saved a new file. These little wonders held a whopping 1.44 MB of data, which was just enough space for a single Word document and maybe an image if you were feeling adventurous.

We carried them around like digital currency, terrified of losing or corrupting one. And the horror of someone accidentally erasing your entire science project? Traumatic.

The Modem: The Original Sound of Progress

Then came the pièce de résistance of the 90s tech experience: the dial-up modem. Oh, that glorious symphony of screeches and squawks as it connected to the internet. Each connection attempt felt like summoning a digital genie—sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didn’t.

And when it did? Cue the dopamine hit from hearing AOL’s famous “You’ve Got Mail!” Suddenly, checking email was an event, not just a task. We were Pavlov’s dogs, conditioned to drop everything at that three-word proclamation of internet success.

AOL: The Gateway Drug to the Internet

AOL chatrooms were it. Forget social media—this was where you found your people, whether you were debating the best episode of Seinfeld or bonding over your shared love of The X-Files. And don’t even get me started on instant messaging. The drama of crafting the perfect away message with just the right song lyrics? A lost art.

Tech’s Glow-Up: From Clunky to Sleek

Fast forward to today, and it’s hard to believe how far we’ve come. Now, we carry more computing power in our back pockets than that $5,000 behemoth ever dreamed of. Floppy disks have been replaced by the cloud, modems are a distant memory, and instead of waiting for a single email, we’re inundated with constant notifications (and low-key miss the simplicity of that one “You’ve Got Mail!”).

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May You Always Find Your North Star

Beth

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