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92 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 13 May \ on: Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy disks tech
Oh man, I love floppies! I used to use them to play games, and having one in my backpack in all the time to save stuff on. 128mgb! Whenever I think about floppies, I remember this picture.
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 13 May
I can still remember when zip drives came out... such massive storage!
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109 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 13 May
I remember zip drives looked nice, and were self contained. II always thought that was cool, but many places couldnt use them!
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @astro_penguin 13 May
Ouch, that would be a painful situation.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 13 May
Computers back then didnt fail like they do now. They probably never even needed to use it.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @astro_penguin 13 May
Very true. I've got 90s era stuff that's still ticking along without anything other than a good dusting and some new thermal paste, and five year old computers that have already had major hardware failure. I know some of it is all the old defective equipment has already failed and been trashed, but a lot of it was better overall.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 14 May
I mean, you could shut them down and restart them and usually they worked. I dont think I ever had an old computer glitch out and not work. I also remember having to clean the mouse often with rubbing alcohol.
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