POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : A retro moment : Re: A retro moment Server Time
30 Jul 2024 00:25:19 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A retro moment  
From: Warp
Date: 8 Jun 2011 09:38:35
Message: <4def7b5b@news.povray.org>
Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:
> 5.25" and 8" drives actually locked the door while the 
> head was moving.

  Ah, the time when disks were actually physically pulled out of the drive
via manual force, rather than being ejected by a spring mechanism...

  Would you believe I'm too young to have ever used such disk drives?
I grew up with 3.5-inch hard-covered "floppy" disks. The luxury.

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                                                          - Warp


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