@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social
2026-05-09 19:27 UTC
Replies (14)
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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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@ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-09 21:31
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social And now I want one. I don't think I have any floppy at home. But I want one.
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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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@helpsterTee@social.helpsterte.eu 2026-05-10 06:01
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social love how the big one (300 disks) is cheaper than the small one (150 disks). This would be totally different today.
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@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social 2026-05-10 15:39
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social Actually seems like a pretty good idea. I wonder why it didn't take off more.
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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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@noplasticshower@infosec.exchange 2026-05-10 23:12
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social I had multiple systems. But not one of those.
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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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@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space 2026-05-11 02:15
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social why is the smaller one more expensive??
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@zendao42@universeodon.com 2026-05-12 18:26
@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social Right up there with 8-track storage