Post AjSo0Rj5JF2CRiVNY0 by Elwell@mast.hpc.social
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(DIR) Post #AjSbjh5DlBw3hb6Y88 by foone@digipres.club
2024-06-30T17:41:00Z
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Fun fact: the "megaflop" is an obsolete unit of storage capacity, equivalent to a million 3.5" high density floppy disks, or 1.34 terabytes.
(DIR) Post #AjSc5cJ2CbTlFz1Gq0 by zandra@mastodon.social
2024-06-30T17:45:06Z
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@foone oh my gosh is that what it meant the whole time???
(DIR) Post #AjSjQPuYBGeUZiQsXQ by sunoo@kitsunet.org
2024-06-30T18:37:57Z
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@foone Fun fact: no it isn’t.
(DIR) Post #AjSjQQnUsybXK88lBQ by foone@digipres.club
2024-06-30T18:44:08Z
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@sunoo excuse me which one of us has a floppy disk as their profile image? I think I know more about floppy disks than you!
(DIR) Post #AjSjZZskTihs6bxSaW by foone@digipres.club
2024-06-30T18:44:19Z
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@zandra no
(DIR) Post #AjSo0Rj5JF2CRiVNY0 by Elwell@mast.hpc.social
2024-06-30T19:58:13Z
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@foone I vaguely remember pushing for 'floppy furlongs' as a unit of space capacity many years ago (equal to the storage capacity of a furlong of stacked 1.44MB disks). Sounds like it needs refreshing