On 23-12-2014 17:04, Warp wrote:
> Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotronca> wrote:
>> I don't believe a single bit of it. You're just pulling our leg. Next
>> thing you're going to tell us you had to stand up and walk to the tv to
>> change the channel!
>
>> Sheesh! old folks with their made up stories to make us feel bad!
>
> I have heard stories that in antiquity you had to buy games in these
> square-shaped disks. Square shaped disks! That doesn't make any sense.
> That's like saying that wheels are square.
>
> And seemingly they could only hold like a megabyte or so of data. Can
> you believe that? That couldn't hold even one single HD jpeg image,
> and that was supposed to hold an entire game? Hah.
>
Well, the data were wood and/or cardboard so the megabyte was rapidly
filled up.
Thomas
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