Post ARCqH0XsMuQAwBA4ki by jimluther@techhub.social
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(DIR) Post #ARCdpvRW26FbqLVS40 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-01T15:12:16Z
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Floppy disk eject in #space
(DIR) Post #ARCdwjjrwjg1ZTL4G8 by joel@fosstodon.org
2023-01-01T15:13:34Z
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@stux I love this
(DIR) Post #ARCdxc1o6G6xwk99iS by statussquatter@kolektiva.social
2023-01-01T15:13:44Z
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@stux a small step for a floppy
(DIR) Post #ARCe74zdmIACO0eDKq by OneJaeAtATime@hachyderm.io
2023-01-01T15:15:26Z
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@stux That is freaking cool!!!
(DIR) Post #ARCeHA1hv2BGtPQBpQ by sullybiker@sully.site
2023-01-01T15:17:18Z
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@stux Did you ever see the CD playar gyro thing they did on the ISS? Very cool.
(DIR) Post #ARCeVHkdzl2GuAAvqq by Hau5test@speedrun.zone
2023-01-01T15:19:46Z
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@stux :)
(DIR) Post #ARCeb1VjI2dOGzw31s by Jvolby@mastodon-belgium.be
2023-01-01T15:20:50Z
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@stux I first had to explain the concept of a 'floppy disk' to my daughter but when she saw the video she immediately had to laugh!
(DIR) Post #ARCefw64qULAvlHMtE by ioan@cloud-native.social
2023-01-01T15:21:44Z
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@stux ❤️
(DIR) Post #ARCehbNgq0d7GDJO8u by Runa_Hellinga@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T15:22:03Z
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@stux they still use floppy disks?
(DIR) Post #ARCgBepKgsk0ab8Y3k by choong@mstdn.social
2023-01-01T15:38:41Z
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@stux Sneakernet works a whole lot better up there.
(DIR) Post #ARCi4UtNQgEZesk45A by Sundae_Gurl@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T15:59:46Z
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@stux different view or gif
(DIR) Post #ARCiB8rriJpPNVCfvU by localjoost@mstdn.social
2023-01-01T16:01:01Z
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@stux LOL!
(DIR) Post #ARCiDT75PdZ8kPQrdw by Sundae_Gurl@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T16:01:25Z
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@stux
(DIR) Post #ARCiJton2N0dJCwO1I by Shawnster_P@mastodon.coffee
2023-01-01T16:02:34Z
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@stux love it!
(DIR) Post #ARCiodHiYf4B0a7t5c by ariaflame@masto.ai
2023-01-01T16:08:08Z
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@stux Newton's laws a little more obvious than normal.
(DIR) Post #ARCjqJF49CmHNdFW4m by nohello@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T16:19:38Z
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@stux That’s how it should be
(DIR) Post #ARCkvZWH9gHjGZN8qG by jchaven@social.sdf.org
2023-01-01T16:31:47Z
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@stux SS Apple committing the dead bits to the vacuum of space. Live Long and Prosper.
(DIR) Post #ARCmQHDZLmgNR4pMhs by marcjestin@ioc.exchange
2023-01-01T16:48:33Z
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@stux Nice #collector!
(DIR) Post #ARCmXv6XS2hXAXBRYW by qlp@linh.social
2023-01-01T16:49:52Z
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@stux @donmelton Would like to see that done with a Mac and the floppy gets ejected into a metal trash can, to mimic how it was done back in the day 😅 💾➡️🚮
(DIR) Post #ARCnelavJ6ydeiDySm by VoxofGod@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T17:02:22Z
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@stux #laughwithX
(DIR) Post #ARCnrx285bBctgEjnU by KellyKellyKelly@masto.ai
2023-01-01T17:04:45Z
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@stux Memories are fading, but did they just eject fully like that on earth? I feel like they would only a quarter of the way
(DIR) Post #ARCnuTKGzsONd7vQjg by jjkeyes@mastodon.lol
2023-01-01T17:05:10Z
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@stux awesome!
(DIR) Post #ARCocwDAxjsNxUoBwO by Sonikku@techhub.social
2023-01-01T17:13:14Z
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@stux @donmelton Scott Manley did a video on this and even cleaned it up as best he could:https://youtu.be/99pXlcakHdE
(DIR) Post #ARCpcTl6qgpHfV1ezI by jorsh@lor.sh
2023-01-01T17:24:21Z
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@stux I don't know why, but this cracks me up. 🤣
(DIR) Post #ARCpkpZfchSje1eq4e by JohnAMatrix@ioc.exchange
2023-01-01T17:25:47Z
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@stux
(DIR) Post #ARCqCZ0infV6NiXDOa by INCO@chaos.social
2023-01-01T17:30:51Z
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@stux "That's pretty slick!"
(DIR) Post #ARCqF9dDcDMcXRmDc8 by Mountainmanbob@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-01T17:31:21Z
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@stux Cool..but floppy disks WTF?
(DIR) Post #ARCqH0XsMuQAwBA4ki by jimluther@techhub.social
2023-01-01T17:31:42Z
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@stux I remember this. Engineers from all over Apple made getting the Mac into space, and modifying system software so it could communicate with Earth, happen.
(DIR) Post #ARCrwJVWs9HbZgK8pc by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2023-01-01T17:50:15Z
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@stux @Robminchin For everyone in the replies:This is a video from the STS-43 mission of the space shuttle Atlantis in 1991 - hence the vintage Macintosh Portable.The shuttle crew demonstrated email communications from spacecraft to ground: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19930016768/downloads/19930016768.pdf .
(DIR) Post #ARCrz5RZcMJmpDnPXs by davidpaige@toot.io
2023-01-01T17:50:51Z
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@stux Very cool
(DIR) Post #ARCs3gh14J0rVeDGgS by davidpaige@toot.io
2023-01-01T17:51:42Z
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@stux Or perhaps I should have said that the image was out of this world.
(DIR) Post #ARCuiWGSweJuwqONBw by ka9q@mastodon.hams.social
2023-01-01T18:21:28Z
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@stux This was a long time ago, right? right?
(DIR) Post #ARCunHRfTDZ4R0tz6m by JetSm00th@infosec.exchange
2023-01-01T18:22:21Z
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@stux this is what Apple took from us. #BringBackFloppies
(DIR) Post #ARCvESU4XJgYUPzCIC by jnoxon@mastodon.xyz
2023-01-01T18:27:10Z
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@stux that one never gets old!
(DIR) Post #ARCvlxvWealLZ1nwwa by lonewolf@stranger.social
2023-01-01T18:33:02Z
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@stux that floppy said"I need some space"Ooo double pun
(DIR) Post #ARCvoMV6GB9qMDaRwO by triphazard@retro.pizza
2023-01-01T18:33:42Z
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@stux Reminds me of the computer toy I had as a kid that had a "CD-ROM" disc launcher. Fires off a little slower.
(DIR) Post #ARCw418fRzAIjpYkHg by jesbaao@SSelf.co
2023-01-01T18:36:30Z
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@stux my life is now complete
(DIR) Post #ARCwWbR25ykNPvmQvQ by gednet@home.social
2023-01-01T18:41:45Z
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@stux L337!!!!!
(DIR) Post #ARCwyT3ipYqdY2ADUu by Paulborgmeister@masto.pt
2023-01-01T18:46:45Z
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@stux ;)
(DIR) Post #ARCxZ7ZVgOG3cYVgTg by rosenbergite@octodon.social
2023-01-01T18:53:23Z
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@stux I introduced this clip to my wife as “floppy dick ejection,” and she’s finally stopped laughing.
(DIR) Post #ARCy4BAGNISTjzViWO by tsenov@home.social
2023-01-01T18:59:01Z
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@stux Yeet !!
(DIR) Post #ARCyt4BQ5h1srDJgqe by ronsullivan@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T19:08:12Z
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@stux Hey, Allie!
(DIR) Post #ARCz4ieRyHFbYKS4Ku by Motzmichel@troet.cafe
2023-01-01T19:10:19Z
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@stux @pascal Thats an old IBM portable PC. Probably a 386er or 486er …
(DIR) Post #ARCzTJshCfm3y7qTlQ by JonSparks@writing.exchange
2023-01-01T19:14:44Z
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@stux lots of young people don’t know what a floppy disk is. We were actually explaining such primitive aspects of computing to a couple of 15yr olds last night.
(DIR) Post #ARCzqMwJzwlG7BX3JI by ScetchDK@geekdom.social
2023-01-01T19:18:47Z
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@stux Lol - Shuttle disconnecting from the mothership! XD
(DIR) Post #ARD0ZRJeZdZQidw8a8 by pjbeardsley@noc.social
2023-01-01T19:27:04Z
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@stux that is magical
(DIR) Post #ARD3hnfbe51uECsol6 by SammyGalen@mstdn.social
2023-01-01T20:02:12Z
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@stux The first computer I ever programmed, before 3.5 inch floppies, it needed a cassette tape to load in programs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80
(DIR) Post #ARD3jDEi4nnroGya3M by wkfry@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T20:02:27Z
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@stux A friendly reminder to always test your products in zero-gravity.You never know... 🤔
(DIR) Post #ARD3qSrCOgNYHfR9sm by khai@mas.to
2023-01-01T20:03:46Z
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@stux that disk will never run out of space
(DIR) Post #ARD4aUYmOjRSt0lkPI by me_brady@writing.exchange
2023-01-01T20:12:01Z
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@stux Such a cool old video 🥰
(DIR) Post #ARD5G4CamnUrIkDQjw by PizzaDemon@mastodon.online
2023-01-01T20:19:35Z
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@stux 🥲 it's as beautiful as I've always imagined
(DIR) Post #ARD5abduAGjqo5miY4 by tjwr@masto.ai
2023-01-01T20:23:18Z
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@stux happy New Year!
(DIR) Post #ARD83YxzOQR8oV79vM by demofox@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-01-01T20:50:55Z
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@stux @foone
(DIR) Post #ARD8BgagvjGimC5faC by WumboMayne@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T20:52:25Z
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@stux it's wild to me we made it to space before we had wifi lol
(DIR) Post #ARD9sE3qyiUahQZyKG by Crookhorne@mstdn.social
2023-01-01T21:11:19Z
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@stux In Russian space station they probably used Elektronika MK-52 programmable calculator based at Z80 chip because the same is used by officers at their cruisers instead of fire control systems (I owned one)
(DIR) Post #ARDB3hbLaYmlSMHXQO by reallyguyreally@c.im
2023-01-01T21:24:36Z
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@stux @nano check this shit
(DIR) Post #ARDD3W9SMJ0xqzHAHo by OutOfExile_IDR_Voice@kolektiva.social
2023-01-01T21:46:58Z
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@stux Thanks for the laugh.
(DIR) Post #ARDDZJRL9hSBhDnmIy by seanzadig@infosec.exchange
2023-01-01T21:52:44Z
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@stux The perfect gif does not exi......
(DIR) Post #ARDEG7VhNxtt9IFjZA by cabinet20@hachyderm.io
2023-01-01T22:00:21Z
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@stux There is something so utterly satisfying about that.
(DIR) Post #ARDEa3L8bHrW0Sokhk by LauraLoeSeattle@social.ridetrans.it
2023-01-01T22:04:01Z
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@stux @oowm I feel like you’d enjoy this
(DIR) Post #ARDFLZz338FSrM9Dv6 by jeff@newsie.social
2023-01-01T22:12:39Z
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@stux That is very satisfying
(DIR) Post #ARDGQZAJcRtviwMMYy by Stellar@mk.absturztau.be
2023-01-01T22:24:48.111Z
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@stux@mstdn.social is it not a 0G plane?
(DIR) Post #ARDH93Vy8tyealhbDk by AdamKorengold@mastodon.social
2023-01-01T22:32:48Z
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@stux I sense thousands of millennials crying out in horror, “what is a floppy disk?”
(DIR) Post #ARDHC6q2F3KRljXnEm by SammieWonderCat@c.im
2023-01-01T22:33:18Z
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@stux me trying to dump the information I learned in 2022 but then remembering I would also dump all my video game experience with it.
(DIR) Post #ARDI9WJ7BxxpqSTWOO by Toot@techhub.social
2023-01-01T22:44:02Z
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@stux
(DIR) Post #ARDIR3wNOiFJ50Cj0C by lucifargundam@qoto.org
2023-01-01T22:47:18Z
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@stux Dont copy that 💾 :trademark:
(DIR) Post #ARDKvUAadsJp1YUGMS by Tengis65@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-01T23:15:10Z
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@stux Neat!!
(DIR) Post #ARDLDBBvwSDBNOYKG0 by redpanda@redpanda.lgbt
2023-01-01T23:18:21Z
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@stux oh gosh oh fug space makes me so frikin excited
(DIR) Post #ARDMTjAvSV4fMXXHoO by soller@fosstodon.org
2023-01-01T23:32:33Z
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@stux This is what they took from us
(DIR) Post #ARDNFpMNlc5gRbpXfs by jdd@mastodon.sdf.org
2023-01-01T23:41:14Z
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@stux Nice to see an implementation of RFC 1149.1 “Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams in Weightless Environments”. As I recall the major barrier to widespread adoption was the need to angle the floppy drive precisely enough to deliver packets to the desired recipient over long distances
(DIR) Post #ARDNK6h7GB8NMeZLHc by deurman@fosstodon.org
2023-01-01T23:42:00Z
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@stuxJust had to do it
(DIR) Post #ARDNiBx1MryGcKUcr2 by jacobbuchanan@social.vivaldi.net
2023-01-01T23:46:22Z
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@stux That's actually pretty cool.
(DIR) Post #ARDNn7iOXo5iva0GXY by stefanbatory@sfba.social
2023-01-01T23:47:15Z
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@stux what is this new-fangled space technology called a “floppy disk?”
(DIR) Post #ARDO65I9mHrUukluue by ericfrey@cupoftea.social
2023-01-01T23:50:40Z
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@stux a little new year’s joy.
(DIR) Post #ARDOQRgwCpXiB44WkS by imarfisi@mas.to
2023-01-01T23:54:23Z
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@stux so smooth! I love it!I wish I could be gliding in space too 🛰️🦸
(DIR) Post #ARDRHLYfwJvYPaYnbs by chrisisgr8@tech.lgbt
2023-01-02T00:26:21Z
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@stux that floppy disk is having so much fun
(DIR) Post #ARDUYMafefUyOlIcjY by DNA@famichiki.jp
2023-01-02T01:02:57Z
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@stux Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.
(DIR) Post #ARDYTDLiz99I6f6nNA by KevinMarks@xoxo.zone
2023-01-02T01:46:54Z
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@stux I remember using a Mac Portable 32 years ago on the train from Yorkshire to London. The eject was pretty powerful
(DIR) Post #ARDYjJT00bxhiEBhGi by micolagang@techhub.social
2023-01-02T01:49:50Z
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@stux feeling like a flash haha
(DIR) Post #ARDcsWcGt7o6uyAmDg by CaptBobbers@mas.to
2023-01-02T02:36:19Z
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@stux oh its so smooth
(DIR) Post #ARDedK6HL8ZTfH5Tvs by gavinisdie@masto.ai
2023-01-02T02:55:54Z
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@stux bruh he disrupted the file transfer
(DIR) Post #ARDj1733uxZFx4BLvM by RL_Dane@fosstodon.org
2023-01-02T03:45:06Z
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@stux Of course, if it were a PC floppy drive with manual eject, the floppy would fly out at 30mph and smash against the bulkhead 😂
(DIR) Post #ARDqghrwciKlhWlKuu by TheKimikore@mastodon.social
2023-01-02T05:11:02Z
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@stux This is so satisfying to watch
(DIR) Post #ARDsXadMM21sYzilbU by Sumware@mastodon.nz
2023-01-02T05:31:47Z
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@stux I lusted and bought one of those. Fabulous computer. Unbelievably light for the timeGreat fun cleaning the trackball.
(DIR) Post #ARE0nZYGwc5xTSTQCu by spacecadet@ioc.exchange
2023-01-02T07:04:20Z
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@stux Wonder if there's a spacestation village anyhwere 👀
(DIR) Post #AREHm8NiAyP48cQxSy by SueW251161@home.social
2023-01-02T10:14:34Z
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@stux 😁 Love it!
(DIR) Post #AREI1LqMPGdMEY5eXg by SueW251161@home.social
2023-01-02T10:17:19Z
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@stux Floppy disks - the memories come flooding back. *SIGH*
(DIR) Post #AREby0rpwAZNOLSyDw by SummerDay@masto.nu
2023-01-02T14:00:48Z
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@stux 🤣
(DIR) Post #AREcyt6qMmhHZgSznE by AndeeHarry1@mastodonapp.uk
2023-01-02T14:12:11Z
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@stux my childhood
(DIR) Post #AREgnThAulEBNyH7qq by ei7dkb@infosec.exchange
2023-01-02T14:54:55Z
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@stux First ever Mac Portable — weighed a ton and the GelCell batteries were awful! If you let them discharge fully, they were irrecoverable! I actually lugged one to Portugal one summer holiday!
(DIR) Post #AREiGR85dKLtmPEkC0 by lidbit@mastodonapp.uk
2023-01-02T15:11:22Z
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@stux I had this mac from 1990-1996. I loved that beast. Portable in name only as it was too heavy to carry around. But I was still sad when a burglar liberated it.
(DIR) Post #ARFC4enG0D3pJ8n8ng by dongissel@mastodon.social
2023-01-02T20:45:20Z
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@stux Oh nice, they 3D-printed a save icon!
(DIR) Post #ARFMOW8WtgtHnAqnAm by linuxgal@techhub.social
2023-01-02T22:41:02Z
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@stux In a related headline, computers in space actually have floppy drives.
(DIR) Post #ARH1luAa01xeGi2Xom by Makakke@mastodon.social
2023-01-03T17:59:22Z
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@stux brilliant 😂
(DIR) Post #ARJKlaIaALqW5LGPtQ by phillycodehound@masto.ai
2023-01-04T20:41:36Z
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@stuxSo funny
(DIR) Post #ARKMlUbniQ3XVKITb6 by ZeNeece@social.vivaldi.net
2023-01-05T08:38:45Z
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@stux I heard they still use floppy disks on the space station. That is just... I don't even know how to feel about that, lol. And here we are not even using cds anymore.
(DIR) Post #ARPjeAXQrwSQ2LjKIi by arnaud@ruby.social
2023-01-07T22:48:40Z
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@stux Floppy disk ejection is a universally cool closure gesture that we lost to progress.
(DIR) Post #ASkIMXZDw0JLeHPBaK by cobie@connectified.com
2023-02-16T18:44:01Z
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@sullybiker @stux nope. share it?
(DIR) Post #ASkNiyckWApJhoZX6W by sullybiker@sully.site
2023-02-16T19:44:06Z
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@cobie @stux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAmEEAiJWo
(DIR) Post #ASkTdAinE5yrDG0wd6 by cobie@connectified.com
2023-02-16T20:50:15Z
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@sullybiker @stux that is so cool!SCIENCE!!!