Mastodawn

I do believe Windows 98 was the last version of Windows still available on floppy disks. A complete set includes 38 (!) 1.680K DMF format diskettes. Holy cow! 😉

#Diskette #FloppyDisk #Windows #Microsoft #90s #90er #Retro #Tech #RetroComputing #Oldschool #Emulation #86Box

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Christian Berger DECT 2763 1d ago

@dfx Well that kinda was on the tail end of Windows anyhow. AFAIK you could also get some Linux distributions on diskettes back then. Often with something like 60-90 diskettes.

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Zuthal 23h ago

@casandro @dfx Meanwhile, you can just about fit a (barely functional) modern Linux on a single one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiHZbnFrHOY

Can Modern Linux Fit on a 1.44mb Floppy?

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Christian Berger DECT 2763

@zuthal @dfx Well back in the day I tried creating a bootable Windows floppy. It works. Windows isn't particularly big, a slightly cut down version easily fits on an HD diskette, including all of DOS you need to run it. It's tiny compared to Linux.