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[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Why the parallel cable tho?

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Pc-to-pc direct communication via parallel cable was a thing. I had completely forgotten about it

DVI or VGA monitor cable maybe?

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Might be a serial cable for null modem play

[–] pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Printing scores?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's how old the picture is.