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andrel wrote:
>>> BTW last week I found an 8 inch floppy, anyone remember those?
>>
>> Ooo, are those the "floppy" ones?
> I think you are referring to the 5 1/4 inch ones, at least those were
> more common when the concept of a PC was introduces. I really mean an 8
> inch one.
Oh, you might be right...
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> Have you ever seen a Laser Disk? I used to watch videos on them. They were
basically 12" CDs.
Yeah. But analogue, appparently. No, I've never seen one, only heard
about them...
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:48:25 -0500, Kyle <hob### [at] gatenet> wrote:
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>I used to repair typesetting equipment that used 8" floppy drives.
So did I but it used paper tape :)
> We used to have to break out an oscilloscope and Dysan disk occasionally to align
them. Those were the days, huh?
I remember doing that too :)
Regards
Stephen
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On 13 Feb 2008 14:54:08 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>I remember doing backups on a PDP-11 as well once upon a time. I think I
>was 12. :-)
LOL
It must be your birthday at the end of this month :)
Regards
Stephen
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:11:02 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 13 Feb 2008 14:54:08 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
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>>I remember doing backups on a PDP-11 as well once upon a time. I think
>>I was 12. :-)
>
> LOL
> It must be your birthday at the end of this month :)
September. :-)
Jim
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--> FlipC has joined #povray
<andrel> BTW last week I found an 8 inch floppy, anyone remember those?
<Orchid> Ooo, are those the "floppy" ones?
<andrel> I think you are referring to the 5 1/4 inch ones
<-- FlipC has quit (sickos)
http://www.bash.org/?207373
couldn't resist sorry.
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"Phil Cook" <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote in message
news:op.t6iibzr6c3xi7v@news.povray.org...
> --> FlipC has joined #povray
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> <andrel> BTW last week I found an 8 inch floppy, anyone remember those?
> <Orchid> Ooo, are those the "floppy" ones?
> <andrel> I think you are referring to the 5 1/4 inch ones
>
> <-- FlipC has quit (sickos)
>
> http://www.bash.org/?207373
>
> couldn't resist sorry.
>
> --
> Phil Cook
LOL Don't ever change your sense of humour. It's just perfect as it is.
:-)
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Phil Cook wrote:
> --> FlopC has joined #povray
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> <andrel> BTW last week I found an 8 inch floppy, anyone remember those?
> <Orchid> Ooo, are those the "floppy" ones?
> <andrel> I think you are referring to the 5 1/4 inch ones
>
> <-- FlopC has quit (sickos)
>
> http://www.bash.org/?207373
>
> couldn't resist sorry.
>
OMG I have become a character in a bash.org spoof.
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andrel wrote:
> OMG I have become a character in a bash.org spoof.
Actually... yeah, that's quite bad...
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>> Have you ever seen a Laser Disk? I used to watch videos on them.
>> They were basically 12" CDs.
>
> Yeah. But analogue, appparently. No, I've never seen one, only heard
> about them...
>
They were AWSOME!
They held movies, still pictures, music, and text documents - all on the
same disc!
The DVD is basically a shrink of it to CD size.
--
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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