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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Floppies were where it was at for us

I never knew anyone with a zip disk

[–] GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My family had a zip drive growing up. Then again, my dad is a doctor, so our income might have had something to do with it.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I've got a handful of zip disks, but no drive. I asked on the town bulletin board and nobody else seems to have one I can borrow. It was a short-lived intermediate format, so I'm not surprised.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

super popular at universities and schools where stuff wouldn't fit on 1.44mb floppies.

they died at astonishingly fast rates, often starting the click of death after a few weeks of read/writes. fucking iomega.