• @[email protected]
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    911 months ago

    One year my school had a 3.5 inch floppy disk as part of the school supplies we were supposed to get. Mine was orange and you can tell a kid not to use it as a fidget toy, but they’re absolutely gonna use it as a fidget toy. I don’t think a single disk survived that year.

    I also remember when my school got a fancy new “computer lab” that had all the colorful iMacs. There were still a few of the beige machines that read off of 7 inch floppies kicking around also.

    • ɔiƚoxɘup
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      511 months ago

      “DON’T OPEN THE DOOR!”

      Continues to open the door and snap it shut until the little spring breaks and the door comes off it’s rails

    • @Crashumbc
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      11 months ago

      Do you mean 5-1/4" ? While 7" did exist they were extremely rare outside of research academia/business and even then fairly rare. The main stream computers like the Apple IIe (in 82’ ?) Came with 5-1/5" floppies. The IIe, being an extremely popular public school choice.

      • @psud
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        111 months ago

        8 inch were the old machines - 1970s. 5.25" came in the early '80s