Gerry Creager
Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:37:35 -0700
Joe Landman wrote:
andrew holway wrote:you should all be ashamed. Especially after all that talk of paper tapes and computers that made heavy clunking sounds etc. I have never even used a 5 1/4 inch floppy in anger.[must ... resist ... urge...] 5.25 inch floppy? Luxury! [must ... stop ... now....]
Ah, but I've used (and flung) 8" floppies, usually in either anger or anguish. And remember when "maximum Maytag" described a hard seek cycle rather than a washing machine. Oh, yeah: The washing machine was considerably lighter than the disk drive described by the term.
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