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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But every million different clone manufacturer had their own jumper settings.

You needed to have the manual for everything, because you couldn’t look it up online.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's what I would call edge case, I stuck to reliable ones.

But fair point and possibly the availability was different everywhere too. Also, the older stuff was the worse it was. It got better over time with prints on boards and such.