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Re: Article on the last floppy sellerã By: Digital Man to All on Thu Sep 15 2022 18:01:55ãã DM> https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-the-floppy-disk-business/ã DM> A good read!ããyea it was very interesting ããregardsãCharles Blackburn ãSYSOP - The F.B.O BBS 21:1/221ãAviation related fun @ bbs.thefbo.us IPV4 and IPV6 ãDOVE-Net FSX-Net USENETãComing soon: FIDO-Netãã---ã þ Synchronet þ The FBO BBS - bbs.thefbo.us - A place for aviation fun....ã

Hello Digital Man!ãã** On Thursday 15.09.22 - 18:01, Digital Man wrote to All:ãã DM> A good read!ãã...if the damn eyeballs don't fill up the screen first! What's ãthe deal with that?ãã--- OpenXP 5.0.51ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã

Digital Man wrote to All <=-ãã DM> https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-tã DM> he-floppy-disk-business/ãã DM> A good read!ã DM> --ã DM> digital man (rob)ããQuite interesting! I might buy some 1.44M and 5 1/4 inch disks. Still haveãquite a few floppy drives.ããAs slow as they were, I do miss them a little. There is a joy in the tactileãsensations you get, the satisfaction of loading the disk, hearing the machineãwhirr and grind, the soft LED lighting and being able to format it to differentãcapacities.ãã ã--- MultiMail/Linux v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ MiND'S EYE BBS - Melb, Australia - mindseye.synchronetbbs.orgã

Re: Article on the last floppã By: Boraxman to Digital Man on Mon Sep 19 2022 10:01 pmãã > Quite interesting! I might buy some 1.44M and 5 1/4 inch disks. Still haveã > quite a few floppy drives.ã >ã > As slow as they were, I do miss them a little. There is a joy in theã > tactile sensations you get, the satisfaction of loading the disk, hearingã > the machine whirr and grind, the soft LED lighting and being able to formatã > it to different capacities.ããi totallly do not miss that shit at all.ãbad disks sucked. especially when installing an OSã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Article on the last floppã By: MRO to Boraxman on Mon Sep 19 2022 03:05 pmãã > Re: Article on the last floppã > By: Boraxman to Digital Man on Mon Sep 19 2022 10:01 pmã > ã > > Quite interesting! I might buy some 1.44M and 5 1/4 inch disks. Still hã > > quite a few floppy drives.ã > >ã > > As slow as they were, I do miss them a little. There is a joy in theã > > tactile sensations you get, the satisfaction of loading the disk, hearingã > > the machine whirr and grind, the soft LED lighting and being able to formã > > it to different capacities.ã > ã > i totallly do not miss that shit at all.ã > bad disks sucked. especially when installing an OSããWhen I got some old pc's out to try and connect to the internet with them, Iãrealized how many disks I have that went bad. I had them stacked in piles in ãa box that was placed in a closet where there were extreme changes inãtemperature during the seasons.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ The Cave BBS - Since 1992 - cavebbs.homeip.netã

Re: Article on the last floppã By: Moondog to MRO on Mon Sep 19 2022 11:11 pmãã > Re: Article on the last floppã > By: MRO to Boraxman on Mon Sep 19 2022 03:05 pmã > ã > > Re: Article on the last floppã > > By: Boraxman to Digital Man on Mon Sep 19 2022 10:01 pmã > >ã > > > Quite interesting! I might buy some 1.44M and 5 1/4 inch disks. Still hã > > > quite a few floppy drives.ã > > >ã > > > As slow as they were, I do miss them a little. There is a joy in theã > > > tactile sensations you get, the satisfaction of loading the disk, hearingã > > > the machine whirr and grind, the soft LED lighting and being able to formã > > > it to different capacities.ã > >ã > > i totallly do not miss that shit at all.ã > > bad disks sucked. especially when installing an OSã > ã > When I got some old pc's out to try and connect to the internet with them, Iã > realized how many disks I have that went bad. I had them stacked in piles inã > a box that was placed in a closet where there were extreme changes inã > temperature during the seasons.ã > ã > ---ã > þ Synchronet þ The Cave BBS - Since 1992 - cavebbs.homeip.netããThose floppies were so fragile that you could store them properly and still have themãgo to waste.ããI lost some good games to data erosion on those ones. Good thing you can still getãthem elsewhere.ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Re: Article on the last floppy sellerã By: Digital Man to All on Thu Sep 15 2022 06:01 pmãã > https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-the-fã > lop py-disk-business/ã >ã > A good read!ããThat was cool, thanks.ãã---TLMãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...ã