Post AdOFbdv66XNbv49eqm by taylan@pl.tkammer.de
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 (DIR) Post #Ac4Sot95sgLA9iw40W by shortridge@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-22T16:17:39Z
       
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       I’m still reeling from learning last week that floppy disks were literally floppy.ppl in the 80s were really living in a magnetpunk world and acting like it’s nbd rather than actual fucking wizardry
       
 (DIR) Post #Ac4SozQgWBybe1DCG8 by shortridge@hachyderm.io
       2023-11-22T16:18:33Z
       
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       this was basically me last week at dinner with my Fastly colleagues who bequeathed this knowledge to me
       
 (DIR) Post #AcNAnILN7LsMYV0Woq by fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza
       2023-12-01T17:41:54Z
       
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       @shortridge more like the fucking stone age but w/e lol
       
 (DIR) Post #AdOFbdv66XNbv49eqm by taylan@pl.tkammer.de
       2024-01-01T04:02:33.743535Z
       
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       @shortridge Unfortunately they came in the rectangular plastic casing ("save icon") and you would need to destroy the housing to get to the nice floppy insides :blobcatpensive: (At least the 3.5 in ones I had in my childhood.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AdOGzW5700omVrmpcG by LostInCalifornia@spinster.xyz
       2024-01-01T04:18:10.815059Z
       
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       @shortridge #KidzThezeDayz. So spoiled they've lost the magic.(First PC I worked on had 2 disk drives, but no hard drive. Had to put a DOS boot disk in to make it run.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AdOIMQjt7zDCYhLj04 by Fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz
       2024-01-01T04:33:31.483781Z
       
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       @taylan @shortridge The 5.25 inch ones were floppy. As were the 8 inch ones before that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdOKyLZ11AVrQ6TIJc by taylan@pl.tkammer.de
       2024-01-01T05:02:47.211531Z
       
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       @Fullycaffeinated @shortridge Dang, you're ancient! :blobcataww: (That's a good thing)
       
 (DIR) Post #AdOL8WTVJ0289jkIpU by Fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz
       2024-01-01T05:04:35.989778Z
       
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       @taylan @shortridge To be clear, I never used the 8 inch ones, but one of my jobs back in the day had archives on them. But no more computers that used them. Yes, I worked for the government. 🙃
       
 (DIR) Post #AdOfj3gpHyGQg7fzAu by FeartnTired@spinster.xyz
       2024-01-01T08:35:18.876535Z
       
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       @Fullycaffeinated @taylan @shortridge I'm a slightly different sort of old in tech - I still possess a zip drive.  In a not used tower PC, but it'd work if I plugged it in. I was so 'edgy' havin a zip drive back in the day.