Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 5 months agoThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1581arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1576arrow-down1external-linkThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna to [email protected]English • 5 months agomessage-square100fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish54•5 months agoAh man the translucent colourful floppies… that takes me back
minus-squareNate CoxlinkfedilinkEnglish19•5 months agoIt was a happier time, I miss my atomic purple floppies. — I rewrote that several times because I have the mind of a child, but atomic purple 3.5” was even worse so I give up and you get to enjoy both.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoI miss 8" floppies, where you could double their capacity with a pair of scissors.
minus-squareyeehawlinkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months agoI still have some somewhere. One even says “DOOM” on it, of course.
minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPSlinkfedilink4•5 months agoLol. I think I still have a bunch of the old Slackware floppies somewhere.
Ah man the translucent colourful floppies… that takes me back
It was a happier time, I miss my atomic purple floppies.
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I rewrote that several times because I have the mind of a child, but atomic purple 3.5” was even worse so I give up and you get to enjoy both.
I miss 8" floppies, where you could double their capacity with a pair of scissors.
I still have some somewhere. One even says “DOOM” on it, of course.
Lol. I think I still have a bunch of the old Slackware floppies somewhere.