R.L. Dane 
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My heart hurts for the world around me.
Send fluffy cat pics or pics of cool #RetroComputing / #PermaComputing projects you're working on.
P.S., this community (the #Fediverse) is simply the best. I love all you weirdos!!!! :D
Ethan Black@rl_dane
Why:
(Context: part of https://fosstodon.org/@golemwire/115008329976889834 and https://fosstodon.org/@golemwire/115022700783931624 )
I love the #diskette *form factor*. Large enough to label and hold comfortably without losing them, or scratching them like discs.
I know floppies are very outdated, being slow and very low-capacity, but I'm mostly storing text. I was able to get 38 in apparently good condition for a dollar at a garage sale, and my trusty (sorta, it's old!) Dell #D630 had an FDD module available for not too much money.
Why:
(Context: part of https://fosstodon.org/@golemwire/115008329976889834 and https://fosstodon.org/@golemwire/115022700783931624 )
I love the #diskette *form factor*. Large enough to label and hold comfortably without losing them, or scratching them like discs.
I know floppies are very outdated, being slow and very low-capacity, but I'm mostly storing text. I was able to get 38 in apparently good condition for a dollar at a garage sale, and my trusty (sorta, it's old!) Dell #D630 had an FDD module available for not too much money.
Ethan Black (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Picked up some #floppyDisks at a #garageSale for a buck! I also bought a floppy drive for my trusty Dell #D630 laptop's module bay. I'll be taking class notes on these... or at least backing my notes up to them so the drive doesn't make too much noise during class when I save. So... which of these might be unreliable? Sony, #Fujifilm , TDK, #Maxell ? The 2nd one in my hand doesn't have any brand labeling... gonna save that for unimportant stuff. #floppyDiskSquad #lowTech #DellD630
@rl_dane
Apologetics: yep! It's been a pretty good class too.
SEI: That's for the Software Engineering I class. "SEI" is the name of the imaginary company they're having me work for. We're working on teams, making a senior project. Ours is a pet adoption website. (I've been steering the team away from proprietary tech 🫡)
I just realized that *SEI* is an acronym for the class name as well, if you use the roman numeral for 1. Huh. [2/2]