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When 3.5" floppies (stiffies) were introduced, the big selling points were that (a) they could fit in a shirt pocket and (2) you could toss them across the room
by dhosek 6y ago
When 3.5" floppies (stiffies) were introduced, the big selling points were that (a) they could fit in a shirt pocket and (2) you could toss them across the room and they'd still work.
At my first job, I kept a 5¼" floppy with "only copy of important data" written on the label hanging off my filing cabinet with a magnet.
- raxxorrax 6y agoThey were before my time, but I had an old drive I "examined" (destroyed) as a kid. It was unclear to me how such a large thing could hold so little memory.
- dhosek 6y agoYour younger self would have been fascinated by these: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_3350.html https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_335...