• z00s@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    And the balls in the mice at school would get thrown around the room/lost/stolen until the computer teachers glued them shut so you couldn’t clean the rollers and it was almost impossible to use them

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      11 months ago

      They had that softness that made them feel harmless, but their weight was unmistakably dangerous.

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        11 months ago

        Wait, there weren’t mice on any our Apple II in my elementary school’s computer room.

        Or keyboard plugs for that matter. Welcome to my crypt I guess.

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          11 months ago

          Hey, that’s exactly the computers I was talking about. The IIe, and students playing where in the world is Carmen Santiago, logo writer etc.