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Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-01-30 18:43:17 +0000

Ah, technology.

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6314251.stm">Remember the 80's?</a>

"The sound of a computer's floppy disk drive will be as closely associated with 20th Century computing as the sound of a computer dialing into the internet," said Mr Magrath.

Posted by tommy on 2007-01-30 20:00:38 +0000
I have a geek story about floppy disks. When I was in college, floppy disks cost about $1 a piece. At that time, the hippest distribution of Linux was called "Slackware". It was about 30 floppy disks worth of data; you downloaded it one-floppy-at-a-time.

But, rather than shell out the $30 for blank floppy disks, my friend Mark and I bought IBM's OS/2. OS/2 cost $14 and shipped on 30 floppy disks, which we used as blanks.

That $16 savings paid for like 3 trips to Taco Bell.

Mmmm. Taco Bell.

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-01-30 21:12:32 +0000
Wow.
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