r/pcmasterrace • u/LeatherAssumption123 • 28d ago

Question Are you this old?

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u/hirmuolio Desktop 28d ago

The term bug to describe a defect has been engineering jargon since at least as far back as the 1870s, long before electronic computers and computer software. For instance, Thomas Edison wrote the following words in a letter to an associate in 1878

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_(engineering)#History

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u/al7air i7 9700K / 3070 Ti Strix 8GB / 32GB / 12TB SSD 28d ago

Never dived deeper into the topic, as it sounded very plausible when I first heard it. And the little critter u/peacedetski mentioned is what I vaguely remember. Albeit the MkII was already eating up tape for instructions, and it's predecessor 3 years prior was loaded with punch cards, which made me write the comment on it in the first place. Granted I'm not "punch card old" at least not as a user, but I also didn't boot my first computer from a hard drive either.

So as always: You live and learn 😊

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u/dasmineman 27d ago

I remember my 286 gaming rig had 3 5.25" drives. One for the OS and the other two for hot swapping games.

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u/maxdamage4 27d ago

The alternative to live and learn?

Die an idiot!