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> the optical disks proved unreliable Fun fact: this is what the "spinning beachball" cursor represents. The wait cursor looked like a magneto-optical disc in
by Lammy 4y ago
> the optical disks proved unreliable
Fun fact: this is what the "spinning beachball" cursor represents. The wait cursor looked like a magneto-optical disc in NeXTSTEP/Rhapsody/Cheetah/Puma because original (1988) NeXT Cube booted from a single MO, no HDD. It was redrawn into a glossy sphere in Jagwire.
- nixpulvis 4y agoWhat exactly is unreliable about an optical drive? I find them to be quite trusty so long as you don't move them while in use. Additionally, I still have yet to hear a better cold digital storage than optical. Perhaps I'm wrong?
- fzzzy 4y agoThese were magnetooptical drives, not cd drives. Also the entire machine booted off it and wrote files to it. No hard drive in the first models.
- wappieslurkz 4y agoJagwire... <3 Thanks, I needed to hear that again.