• BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    Easy.

    When I was 13, we had an Apple IIc. My mother used to take the cable that connected the computer and the monitor to work with her so I’d focus on homework rather than playing Ultima IV.

    But it was a monochrome signal. I straightened out a metal coat hanger and plugged it in… it worked just fine if you didn’t bump it.

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      9 hours ago

      Damn, either you were a really smart 13 year old, or you must have been super desperate and then amazed that that actually worked.

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        3 hours ago

        Looking back, I have zero ideas on where I came up with the idea or why I even tried it!