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I think I agree with all or most of these, except for "Artificial Intellegence". Because that's mostly what it is and I can't think of a better term.
-- Harvey
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- Floppy disk Nobody uses them any more, and they never were floppy.
I have not used them for several years either, but they certainly were floppy (as in flexible) before the 3 1⁄2" came out. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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- Floppy disk Nobody uses them any more, and they never were floppy.
I have not used them for several years either, but they certainly were floppy (as in flexible) before the 3 1⁄2" came out. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I never actually used the 8" ones, but I do have stacks of 5 1/4" disks stashed away somewhere. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
SoMad wrote:
I never actually used the 8" ones
This is probably because you are far too young :( I bet POH, Nagy et al all remember them!
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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SoMad wrote:
I never actually used the 8" ones
This is probably because you are far too young :( I bet POH, Nagy et al all remember them!
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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SoMad wrote:
I never actually used the 8" ones
This is probably because you are far too young :( I bet POH, Nagy et al all remember them!
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
I never used the 8" ones in anger although I have handled some but I still have some 5 1/4" ones on the shelf. Don't remember where the drive is any more though. 3 1/2s, still got hundreds of those and at least 3 working drives, not that I actually use them. Not sure if that makes me old or just sad :sigh:
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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I never used the 8" ones in anger although I have handled some but I still have some 5 1/4" ones on the shelf. Don't remember where the drive is any more though. 3 1/2s, still got hundreds of those and at least 3 working drives, not that I actually use them. Not sure if that makes me old or just sad :sigh:
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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I never actually used the 8" ones, but I do have stacks of 5 1/4" disks stashed away somewhere. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
Every payday (I was a young appie/tradesman soldier) I would splash out and buy about fifty blank 5.25" floppies, to copy all the new and exciting programs I could from a generous family member in the computer business.
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:) Yes, thank you! Since I am almost in my mid-forties, it makes me wonder how old the author of "Ten tech terms we could do without" is. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
I think you must just have been on the cusp. I am 46 and I only just used them as the 5 1/4 were being phased in. I was a SysOp back then on an IBM 360 (back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth). We got rid of the 360 and replaced it with an AS400.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Every payday (I was a young appie/tradesman soldier) I would splash out and buy about fifty blank 5.25" floppies, to copy all the new and exciting programs I could from a generous family member in the computer business.
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I'm working on it.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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Every payday (I was a young appie/tradesman soldier) I would splash out and buy about fifty blank 5.25" floppies, to copy all the new and exciting programs I could from a generous family member in the computer business.
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I may have done something similar once or twice :^). Today I obviously think people who do that sort of thing are criminals :-O. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
Alan sugar was the daddy of piracy. He brought out a double tape deck system that enabled me to copy hundreds of ZX Spectrum games. I think I only ever bought half a dozen.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Alan sugar was the daddy of piracy. He brought out a double tape deck system that enabled me to copy hundreds of ZX Spectrum games. I think I only ever bought half a dozen.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
That's the first genuinely useful or innovative thing I've heard of him doing. My estimation of Lord Sugar has just gone up considerably.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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That's the first genuinely useful or innovative thing I've heard of him doing. My estimation of Lord Sugar has just gone up considerably.
"The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)
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I think you must just have been on the cusp. I am 46 and I only just used them as the 5 1/4 were being phased in. I was a SysOp back then on an IBM 360 (back when dinosaurs ruled the Earth). We got rid of the 360 and replaced it with an AS400.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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SoMad wrote:
I never actually used the 8" ones
This is probably because you are far too young :( I bet POH, Nagy et al all remember them!
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
Oh dear, I do. :sigh:
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Perhaps I was not as quick out of the gate as you. I am 44 and my first PC was an Atari PC3 with an 8088 CPU. Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
nothing to be sorry about, a couple of years ahead and using stuff like teletypes etc from when I was 11. (I was a precocious and obnoxious child, but I improved somewhat, I am no longer precocious).
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]