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		throwawayffffas 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote... Do you remember analog TVs? Switching channels was a sub second affair.

LocalH 3 months ago | [–]

It was sub frame. You would literally see the set re-sync to the new timing (since each station's vblank would not necessarily be happening at the same time).

GJim 3 months ago | [–]

I remember our first digital TV crashing and needing to reboot it.

"Wow"! we said. This is the future. Having to reboot the TV.

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