▲ 1264 ▼ Floppy disks were high-tech weapons once (files.mastodon.social) submitted 2 years ago by Masimatutu@mander.xyz to c/memes@lemmy.ml 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] banana_meccanica@feddit.it 28 points 2 years ago (4 children) My first porn was on floppy disk permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] KernelAnxiety@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's something poetic about using a floppy disk to get hard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] preasket@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wonder if they could now make floppy disks with the same form factor but modern tech permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Like this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I thought it was gonna be a USB drive but this works too permalink fedilink source parent [–] preasket@lemy.lol 1 point 2 years ago Haha, that's cool permalink fedilink source parent [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago If you put a small, double sided optical disk inside, you could probably get a few hundred gigs in there, maybe even up to a terrabyte or three. If you put flash storage, you could fit a few dozen terrabytes. Hell, you could build that yourself if you just bought a bunch of microsd cards and soldered the contacts into a different form factor permalink fedilink source parent [–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) My first porn was probably NNTP (newsgroups) before I even had the actual WWW. Had to learn how to stitch images together from multiple posts in the early-mid '90s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago 4chan... I rolled the fucking dice and lost I guess. permalink fedilink source parent [–] electrorocket@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago UUE decoding! permalink fedilink source parent [–] marx2k@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Forté Agent was a blessing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I thought the name sounded super familiar, but I had to look it up. My dad was into BBS and CompuServ in the '80s. He eventually got AOL, which is where I got started with NNTP. I really need to get his history on these things. I know that, when I was super young in the early '80s when they divorced, he was often spending a lot of time online. I'd really like to know more about that era as my memories are scattered and fractured. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago 3.5", 5.25" or the monster 8" is the question... permalink fedilink source parent [–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I downloaded my first porn from Kazaa, over dial-up. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KernelAnxiety@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's something poetic about using a floppy disk to get hard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] preasket@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wonder if they could now make floppy disks with the same form factor but modern tech permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Like this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I thought it was gonna be a USB drive but this works too permalink fedilink source parent [–] preasket@lemy.lol 1 point 2 years ago Haha, that's cool permalink fedilink source parent [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago If you put a small, double sided optical disk inside, you could probably get a few hundred gigs in there, maybe even up to a terrabyte or three. If you put flash storage, you could fit a few dozen terrabytes. Hell, you could build that yourself if you just bought a bunch of microsd cards and soldered the contacts into a different form factor permalink fedilink source parent
[–] preasket@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) I wonder if they could now make floppy disks with the same form factor but modern tech permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Like this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I thought it was gonna be a USB drive but this works too permalink fedilink source parent [–] preasket@lemy.lol 1 point 2 years ago Haha, that's cool permalink fedilink source parent [–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago If you put a small, double sided optical disk inside, you could probably get a few hundred gigs in there, maybe even up to a terrabyte or three. If you put flash storage, you could fit a few dozen terrabytes. Hell, you could build that yourself if you just bought a bunch of microsd cards and soldered the contacts into a different form factor permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GeneralVincent@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Like this? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I thought it was gonna be a USB drive but this works too permalink fedilink source parent [–] preasket@lemy.lol 1 point 2 years ago Haha, that's cool permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I thought it was gonna be a USB drive but this works too permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago If you put a small, double sided optical disk inside, you could probably get a few hundred gigs in there, maybe even up to a terrabyte or three. If you put flash storage, you could fit a few dozen terrabytes. Hell, you could build that yourself if you just bought a bunch of microsd cards and soldered the contacts into a different form factor permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (3 children) My first porn was probably NNTP (newsgroups) before I even had the actual WWW. Had to learn how to stitch images together from multiple posts in the early-mid '90s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago 4chan... I rolled the fucking dice and lost I guess. permalink fedilink source parent [–] electrorocket@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago UUE decoding! permalink fedilink source parent [–] marx2k@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Forté Agent was a blessing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I thought the name sounded super familiar, but I had to look it up. My dad was into BBS and CompuServ in the '80s. He eventually got AOL, which is where I got started with NNTP. I really need to get his history on these things. I know that, when I was super young in the early '80s when they divorced, he was often spending a lot of time online. I'd really like to know more about that era as my memories are scattered and fractured. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago 4chan... I rolled the fucking dice and lost I guess. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marx2k@beehaw.org 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Forté Agent was a blessing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I thought the name sounded super familiar, but I had to look it up. My dad was into BBS and CompuServ in the '80s. He eventually got AOL, which is where I got started with NNTP. I really need to get his history on these things. I know that, when I was super young in the early '80s when they divorced, he was often spending a lot of time online. I'd really like to know more about that era as my memories are scattered and fractured. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago I thought the name sounded super familiar, but I had to look it up. My dad was into BBS and CompuServ in the '80s. He eventually got AOL, which is where I got started with NNTP. I really need to get his history on these things. I know that, when I was super young in the early '80s when they divorced, he was often spending a lot of time online. I'd really like to know more about that era as my memories are scattered and fractured. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago 3.5", 5.25" or the monster 8" is the question... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I downloaded my first porn from Kazaa, over dial-up. permalink fedilink source parent
