@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social
2026-05-09 19:27 UTC
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@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 04:02
So, as it turns out, these units are not for 5¼" floppies, but 8" floppies. This thing was IMMENSE. Probably close to two feet (~60cm) wide. It would have dominated your desk, if not the room.
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@Datassette_User@oldbytes.space 2026-05-09 19:31
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social I did not know what was missing in my life until now. What a thing of beauty!
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@pauldrye@spacey.space 2026-05-09 21:35
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social I had one of these! It was a piece of junk! 😐
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@popio@infosec.exchange 2026-05-09 22:40
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social $253 in 1980 money?!!!
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@thefathippy@mastodon.world 2026-05-09 22:43
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social Pfft. We had a little plastic box with a lock. Security matters.
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@ottawasteph@mstdn.ca 2026-05-10 18:06
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social Good times
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@starstuft@mastodon.social 2026-05-10 20:18
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social that's like 3000 in the 80s cash. This is what people must mean when they wink and finger gun at you and tell you they're keeping you on the rolodex.
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@carstenfranke@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 00:27
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social wow, the big one can store disks for 108 MB! What do you do with that much data?
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@zendao42@universeodon.com 2026-05-12 18:26
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social Right up there with 8-track storage