Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 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-square75fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1384arrow-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@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareFrostyCaveman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·10 months agoAh man the translucent colourful floppies… that takes me back
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 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-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoI still have some somewhere. One even says “DOOM” on it, of course.
minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 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 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.