Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 16/07/2025*showing children a floppy disk* back in the 90s this is what we used instead of flash drives children: what is a flash drive 25895143
themattbass.bsky.social @themattbass.bsky.social · 16/07/2025What do they say when we show them the 5” and 3.5” side by side? 200
Annalisa @valkyriesong.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Haha! The all in one pc I learned on had those 10" disc's 😂 210
Tim the Enchanter @tim-the-encourager.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Oh! Who else has used, or seen, a Bernoulli drive / disks? Has •anyone• else out there worked on a system with actual •core• memory … using 80-column punch cards? Now, my Dad for a time used PAPER TAPE for copies / backups! 000
haven't we earned a little wrath @acearohanda.bsky.social · 16/07/2025DO THEY NOT KNOW WHAT FLASH DRIVES ARE??? WHAT DO PEOPLE USE INSTEAD OF THEM? 300
Xecryo @xecryo.bsky.social · 16/07/2025“Why did they call it a floppy disk when it’s not floppy at all?” “Oh well the version before this was floppy.” 140
Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 16/07/2025Last week, I was explaining loading games on to my zx spectrum via the tape deck to my son and he was so utterly lost. Although now I see the whole process written out it seems like a fair point 😆 www.retrotechlab.com/how-to-load-...retrotechlab.comHow to Load a Game on the ZX Spectrum: A Comprehensive Guide | retrotechlab.comA Brief History of the ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released by Sinclair Research in 1982. It quickly became popular in… 020
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 16/07/2025an offsite backup is when you have your files on both Google Drive and Dropbox, or it would be if anyone under the age of 25 knew what files were 1872
Aushiker @aushiker.com · 16/07/2025I still have a 3.5" disk. It has a massive 1.44 Mb capacity :) 110
fig @sunteafig.bsky.social · 16/07/2025We came across a stash of floppy disks at work today. I can't imagine how long they've been there. My coworker probably hadn't ever even held one. 040
oobayly.bsky.social @oobayly.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Fiber is good, but "never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of hard disks driving down the freeway". 011
Ed Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 16/07/20255.25” floppies were 80s: 90s was 3.5” stiffy disks 😎 110
Stew @stewdean.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Floppy disk? The original 8 inch? The first PC I used had big paper floppy disks (which were indeed floppy). Many knew the smaller 3.5 diskettes. 010
Claire 包玉思🥈🥇🥉🏅🥇🥇🥈🥈 @auspicioustimes.bsky.social · 16/07/2025I used to work in the industry of storage on CD/DVD. Remember Nero Burning ROM? 060
Nemo @nemotheaxolotl.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Computer literacy is really bad among younger kids these days who only ever use tablets. I'm working with some kids for a summer camp teaching STEM topics and for our blender kids almost half the class brought an iPad in on their first day... Which I guess in part is a fault of their parents too 141
Credulous Everyman @rogerwaggstaffesq.bsky.social · 16/07/2025I got banned from the family computer for ordering the anarchist cookbook which showed up on floppy disks and my dad said the FBI was probably looking for me 2221
