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You had to hold it up to a candle. (startrek.website)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

One year my school had a 3.5 inch floppy disk as part of the school supplies we were supposed to get. Mine was orange and you can tell a kid not to use it as a fidget toy, but they're absolutely gonna use it as a fidget toy. I don't think a single disk survived that year.

I also remember when my school got a fancy new "computer lab" that had all the colorful iMacs. There were still a few of the beige machines that read off of 7 inch floppies kicking around also.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

"DON'T OPEN THE DOOR!"

Continues to open the door and snap it shut until the little spring breaks and the door comes off it's rails

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Do you mean 5-1/4" ? While 7" did exist they were extremely rare outside of research academia/business and even then fairly rare. The main stream computers like the Apple IIe (in 82' ?) Came with 5-1/5" floppies. The IIe, being an extremely popular public school choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

8 inch were the old machines - 1970s. 5.25" came in the early '80s