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So, did usb sticks come with floppy disks or CDs with a driver?
by cedilla 4y ago
So, did usb sticks come with floppy disks or CDs with a driver?
- ghaff 4y agoI think it may have been a mix. There was also a mini CD thing around that time that sometimes got used for drivers. In general, things were switching over to CDs in the late 90s but as I recall floppies were still around for some purposes. ADDED: And as someone else mentioned, you sometimes downloaded drivers. Not everyone had broadband but Internet access was pretty common by then.
- Breza 4y agoI'd forgotten about those mini-CDs. Part of the unboxing process was making sure you didn't scratch the driver disk.
- themadturk 4y agoI got a mini-CD the other day with drivers for a new USB-C Ethernet dongle. I almost laughed out loud. I have a couple of external CD/DVD/BluRay drives around. But it's been a long time since I had an internal CD drive.
- dotancohen 4y agoWhere do you put the coffee mug down?
- themadturk 4y agoI don't; I drink my coffee from a Camelbak.
- giantrobot 4y agoSometimes. I recall early thumb drives didn't come in the small blister packs you see by cash registers today. If they didn't come with a CD (or miniCD) you had to go the the manufacturer's site and download the drivers.