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The differences in disk size and software needed to access the Hawking material is typical of the early floppy disk era. "There wasn't one system that dominated
by paultopia 1y ago
The differences in disk size and software needed to access the Hawking material is typical of the early floppy disk era. "There wasn't one system that dominated the market," Talboom explains. "It was a bit of a wild west out there."
Good heavens this makes me feel ancient. Do today's BBC readers really not know that there were two main sizes of floppy disk?
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- throawayonthe 1y agoi don't think that's the type of knowledge you can expect fron even contenporary non-technical readers
- Aloha 1y agoI mean.. no? 8" 5 1/4" 3 1/2" and a couple less standard ones, then you get into sectoring (hard, soft), sidedness and density, plus disk formats on top of that
- coldpie 1y agoThat wouldn't be at all surprising, no. Floppy disks were all but gone by the turn of the century. People born after 9/11, who will never have encountered floppy disks, are in their mid-20s and having their own kids by now.
- SweetSoftPillow 1y agoI saw only one size of floppy disks in my life and I'm 35.