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# yay
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:46, archived)
# Haha!
Christy, I haven't seen a floppy disk drive in years
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:47, archived)
# i miss them
i found a diskette in the drawer the other day, i will never know what's on it. although it's probably porn.
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 14:04, archived)
# I don't miss them,
mainly because in the last five years of my using them they got so shoddily made that they were essentially Write Once Read Thrice.
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 14:06, archived)
# pahahaha!
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:48, archived)
# then you get to disk 426 and it says
'please insert Windows XP Floppy Disk edition Diskette number 427'

:D
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:48, archived)
# *Bing* 425 Disk error

please install disk 1
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:49, archived)
# Bing!
;)
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:50, archived)
# *wees*
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:52, archived)
# Haha, top warning :D
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:49, archived)
# 'cannot read disk 425; please insert disk 1'
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:49, archived)
# Hooray! *oldschools*
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:51, archived)
# I had to throw away all my old amstrad cpc 6128 disks
I found a working 6128 and none of the disks worked anymore.

GODDAMMIT PAPER WORKS BETTER FOR DATA STORAGE
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:52, archived)
# pah, diskettes my eye
diskettes my eye


(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 14:02, archived)
# hahahaha!
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 14:06, archived)
# hahaha ace :)
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 14:10, archived)
# Hahaha, fucking brilliant!
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 14:11, archived)
# brilliant
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 14:26, archived)
# haha!
USB DRIVES ARE TOO ADVANCED.
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:51, archived)
# Ha ha ha!
Windows 3.1 came on 6 disks, as I recall.

Or possibly 8.
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:51, archived)
# 3.11 had 8
but you only needed disk 8 for network stuff.
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:53, archived)
# And if the computer was new
you'd have to install MS-DOS first, which came on 4, if I remember correctly.
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:54, archived)
# 3 actually
unless you had the "supplemental programs" disk.
(, Wed 25 Jun 2008, 13:55, archived)