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Oliver - living in a Cult of Cuts (insert *)

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3 1/2inch or 5 1/4 inch? I still have 2 of the 5 1/4" ones at home. They have an ASCII version of my route notes on and were still readable a couple of years ago. A man at EcoTech Services in Ōtautahi still has a floppy drive for them which also works.

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sophie malice's avatar sophie malice @sophieactual.mitsuko.nz
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vaguely related historical note, the IBM 3084 used 8" floppies for its Initial Program Load (read boot disk), editing one of those using a punch room machine was an adrenaline-drenched experience for a young systems programmer the punch room staff were exclusively women, there was a culture

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