irelephant [he/him]🍭M to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@lemmy.world • 3 months agoAre you old enough to remember this?lemm.eeimagemessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down111
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minus-square@Rivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish8•3 months agoAh, yes, full height 5 1/4" hard drives. (CD drives in desktop computers are “half height”)
minus-square@Redredme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•3 months ago20 MB BABY! (Slaps the top of his Amstrad 1512 CGA overclocked to 8mhz 8086)
minus-square@Rivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoEpson Equity II, with a “hard card”. Regular hard disks took up the second floppy drive slot; the hard card let you keep it.
minus-square@Pronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•edit-23 months agoI had hundreds of 5.25" floppies with pirated Apple II games. I even owned a 9" floppy disk drive and a few disks, but just as a novelty.
minus-square@HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoWe even got that damn zip disk drive for a while. 28k modem days, I was telecommuting via floppy and usps
minus-square@BillTongg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-23 months agoI have an unopened box of 5.25" floppies in the attic, still in their shrink wrap. I’m not holding my breath for them to come in handy any time soon.
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And 5 1/4” hard drives.
Ah, yes, full height 5 1/4" hard drives. (CD drives in desktop computers are “half height”)
20 MB BABY! (Slaps the top of his Amstrad 1512 CGA overclocked to 8mhz 8086)
Epson Equity II, with a “hard card”. Regular hard disks took up the second floppy drive slot; the hard card let you keep it.
I had hundreds of 5.25" floppies with pirated Apple II games.
I even owned a 9" floppy disk drive and a few disks, but just as a novelty.
We even got that damn zip disk drive for a while. 28k modem days, I was telecommuting via floppy and usps
I have an unopened box of 5.25" floppies in the attic, still in their shrink wrap. I’m not holding my breath for them to come in handy any time soon.