This story reminded me of the "BeBox" [0] PowerPC computer from the 1990's, which had Blinkenlights on its front bezel.
(It ran the very cool "BeOS" operating system[1], which was eventually ported to Mac, then x86.)
(It ran the very cool "BeOS" operating system[1], which was eventually ported to Mac, then x86.)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/09/testing_haiku_beta_5/
It's like explaining to young people that we used to have to pay per message for SMS, or that only one person could be on the Internet at a time at your house.
Now if you'll excuse me, I see some suspicious looking clouds I need to go yell at.