The Voyager cast presents the latest technology of 1997 for some reason.

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Why is Tom stealing a printer? Needed one for the Delta Flyer?

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ummthatguy a week ago

Those specs are adorable.

And the price absurd.

mosiacmango a week ago, edited a week ago

In 97? That’s a great deal, especially if it came with the monitor.

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

Guarantee the monitor was not included.

ummthatguy a week ago

My last custom build from 3 years ago was a little over $3k. For that mass produced box at $2k from over 24ish years prior seems a bit stiff by comparison.

mosiacmango a week ago, edited a week ago

Moores law has been a kind bastard for a long time.

200mhz in 97, with 2GB of hard drive space? Bet it had a 56.6kb modem too. That was all premium components at that time, the ryzen 9, 4TB nvme 5 and wifi 7e/2.5gb ethernet of its day.

$2000 in 1997 is about $3920 today

Blue_Morpho a week ago, edited a week ago

In those days you could build it yourself for half the price of a name brand.

Edit: for the downvoters.

Did you ever go to a computer show and sale at a fairgrounds or expo center? Or buy/subscribe to Computer Shopper magazine (the one that looked like a telephone book).

The PC market was completely different in the 90’s.

brbposting a week ago

Well, that is eight times more CD-ROM speed than most any computer sold today.

ummthatguy a week ago

Buddahriffic a week ago

Infinite more speed than the empty drive bays I’m using for CDs and DVDs.

Though I’ve been considering getting an external drive. Mainly to check if my old CD and DVD backups/data dumps are just junk now or are still readable (to probably rip the iso and then burn a new copy that will likely sit unused for another decade or two).

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

But can it play Doom?

zcd a week ago

That mfer would have run doom like a mofo

Possibly linux a week ago

Has anyone tried calling the number and asking for the p200v?

Admiral Patrick a week ago, edited a week ago

The chip that runs the smart outlet my coffee maker plugs into has better specs than that lol

And yes, it can run DOOM

kbal a week ago

By Grabthar's Hammer, what a camcorder.

hopesdead a week ago

This is the most ‘90s image ever. They look like the cast of a sitcom. Secondly, I finally know what the device Picardo is holding is.

Of course the hidden detail of the computer monitor showing a screenshot from TOS is lovely.

themoken a week ago

Even in the promos Kes is awkwardly tacked on.

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

Be nice to her. She’s just a toddler.

At least The Doctor has the camcorder; that’s actually canon.

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

Why is Tom stealing a printer?

This, however, is not Canon. It’s an HP.

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

I think I got that printer for a family member for Christmas. And yes, before you ask, the 3d maze was the screensaver

Admiral Patrick a week ago, edited a week ago

I had it, too (or at least one in the same DeskJet 6xx family). Got it from a dumpster dive in high school, threw in some new ink cartridges, and was good to go. That thing lasted me all the way through college.

HP has fallen so far from grace it’s crazy.

They seem to really want it that way for some reason

marcos a week ago

It’s from the time HP printers needed only a semiannual cleaning, would last a decade, and the cartridges were cheap.

Admiral Patrick a week ago, edited a week ago

Yep. That’s what “killed” it for me. The cartridges that were like $25 when I first acquired it were like $65 by the time I got rid of it. Part of that could be due to it being an older model, but definitely shouldn’t be a $40 difference in 6 years.

davidgro a week ago

No, it’s Sony.

CosmicTurtle0 a week ago

I…I think I’ve seen this porn…

NegativeNull a week ago

Holy crap! That is a glorious find Squid!!

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

It is. I admit I didn’t find it, someone found it and I passed it on.

for some reason.

Money. The reason is money.

“We gotta do something nerds like to sell computers. What do nerds like?”

Olap a week ago

Where even chakotay has no purpose

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

But did he ever have one?

He was an insurance policy in case something happened to Janeway… or they needed to do an episode with aliens as the basis of some Indian/first peoples cultural background.

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

Fake indigenous cultural background.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamake_Highwater

Olap a week ago

Given my hiring purposes this week, I’d actually hire Robert Beltran today in real actual life. I need a bullshitter to show what network telly can produce, and if they opt for him: it’s their fault!

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

Akoocheemoya, please help with HR.

Olap a week ago

Lol, do you think he takes Indian rates? Only way this may work in a tech with org

Akasazh a week ago

Well the image with the webcam on his head wouldn’t have been the same without him

Who’s the one in green?

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

Jennifer Lien. Kes.

Does not look at all like her

HobbitFoot a week ago

It is the hair and the ears.

Oh dang I don’t remember the long curly hair.

Flying Squid [OP] a week ago

A lot of them have different hair in those pictures. It must have been between shooting seasons.

rockandsock a week ago

From what I understand a lot of actors wear hair pieces on TV shows for a consistent appearance.

Flocklesscrow a week ago

They’ve all got that 80s-90s leanness. Before we plumped up on high fructose corn syrup.