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Showing Original Post only (View all)My company uses a floppy disk symbol to save your work. [View all]
Isn't that cute? Does anyone under the age of 25 even know what a floppy disk is? Maybe they teach about it in history class. 😆 🤣
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When I started at my firm in the mid 80s, we had two word processing "stations."
rsdsharp
Mar 17
#12
8 inch 4 1/2 inch. and the "hard floppy". hard drives intialy were the size of washing machines .
AllaN01Bear
Mar 17
#22
i have one . havent used it. there are slide rule apps for iphone and desktops. some still usem,
AllaN01Bear
Mar 17
#23
I will give up my slide rule when they pry it out of my cold, dead, stiff fingers......
lastlib
Mar 17
#37
Can you even still buy them? I still do use these disks though, but it's been a long time since I've bought
SWBTATTReg
Mar 17
#5
Yes, I do miss the familiar tones of when you dial in to a computer link, it was so 'catchy' I guess. The only reason I
SWBTATTReg
Mar 17
#8
Ahhhh, Fortran. A long long time ago! Amazing that we all had to program literally in all kinds of languages,
SWBTATTReg
Mar 18
#54
Somehow I acquired one of the punch machines with a full roll of paper tape.
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 22
#59
I've been working with a woman in my senior moving job and I have thrown away so many of these discs
kimbutgar
Mar 17
#27
our united families once went to canada and stayed in a bnb. the owner was still using her apple 2 e to do her job.
AllaN01Bear
Mar 17
#32
how many of u remember teleprinters . chunck chunck chunck and the bell . ding. i forget the bell symbol
AllaN01Bear
Mar 17
#33
And someone in this very group still posts "Dial-up warning" in their thread titles
Polybius
Mar 17
#46
lol cats , note , some still use dial up as internet connection so is not completely lost.
AllaN01Bear
Mar 17
#49
hem google search and these answers please . untill we get full service yes it is a thing.
AllaN01Bear
Mar 18
#53
crosses fingers and toes that biden gets re electid to complete this mission.
AllaN01Bear
Mar 20
#58