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minus-squareQuill0@lemmy.digitalfall.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·2 years agoNah CDs were too expensive. It was Zip Disks or Floppies all the way
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 years agoFloppies were where it was at for us I never knew anyone with a zip disk
minus-squareGFGJewbacca@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoMy family had a zip drive growing up. Then again, my dad is a doctor, so our income might have had something to do with it.
minus-squarevivadanang@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agosuper popular at universities and schools where stuff wouldn’t fit on 1.44mb floppies. they died at astonishingly fast rates, often starting the click of death after a few weeks of read/writes. fucking iomega.
minus-squarenetburnr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoCds didn’t get the click of death like almost every zip disk did.
minus-squareQuill0@lemmy.digitalfall.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI have tons of working zip disks. But an cdr burner in the 90s were expensive
minus-squarenetburnr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoHmm, maybe it was because I ran a file sharing service so they were constantly reading.
minus-squareGlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbtlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOr they faxed it to you
Nah CDs were too expensive. It was Zip Disks or Floppies all the way
Floppies were where it was at for us
I never knew anyone with a zip disk
My family had a zip drive growing up. Then again, my dad is a doctor, so our income might have had something to do with it.
super popular at universities and schools where stuff wouldn’t fit on 1.44mb floppies.
they died at astonishingly fast rates, often starting the click of death after a few weeks of read/writes. fucking iomega.
Cds didn’t get the click of death like almost every zip disk did.
I have tons of working zip disks.
But an cdr burner in the 90s were expensive
Hmm, maybe it was because I ran a file sharing service so they were constantly reading.
Or they faxed it to you