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tilefan , 3 hours ago see how many of them it takes to hold a single 4K image
see how many of them it takes to hold a single 4K image
superkret OP , 3 hours ago That’s just over 8MP. You could easily store a 4K Image on a floppy in half-way decent quality, two with visible jpeg artifacts.
That’s just over 8MP. You could easily store a 4K Image on a floppy in half-way decent quality, two with visible jpeg artifacts.
tilefan , 2 hours ago okay so make it bigger
okay so make it bigger
EuroNutellaMan , 5 hours ago don’t run Doom with them
don’t run Doom with them
FMEEE , 4 hours ago DO IT, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
DO IT, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO
makingStuffForFun , 6 hours ago Inserting your floppy is a time honored tradition. Have a few too many beers, and give it a go. You have 10 chances to succeed, it seems.
Inserting your floppy is a time honored tradition. Have a few too many beers, and give it a go. You have 10 chances to succeed, it seems.
MrJameGumb , 8 hours ago Use them to make a bootleg copy of Duke Nukem to share with your friends. That’s what we used to do with them lol
Use them to make a bootleg copy of Duke Nukem to share with your friends. That’s what we used to do with them lol
mocha_lotsofmilk , 8 hours ago Go play a very public and dramatic round of disc golf
Go play a very public and dramatic round of disc golf
kaitco , 8 hours ago Run Doom on them?
Run Doom on them?
random_character_a , 6 hours ago Don’t copy that floppy. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4a50f051-2a99-443b-926f-b401035dab80.jpeg
Don’t copy that floppy.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4a50f051-2a99-443b-926f-b401035dab80.jpeg
gex , 5 hours ago Buy doom on steam, download and backup the install files on the floppy
Buy doom on steam, download and backup the install files on the floppy
Melatonin , 5 hours ago Mount nine of them on a square board so that they’re all focused on a single point for a mild solar furnace. Use the last one to look at yourself, the proud owner of a mild solar furnace.
Mount nine of them on a square board so that they’re all focused on a single point for a mild solar furnace.
Use the last one to look at yourself, the proud owner of a mild solar furnace.
Tiltinyall , 4 hours ago What kind of floppies are you thinking of? the very little metal on those discs aren’t that reflective.
What kind of floppies are you thinking of? the very little metal on those discs aren’t that reflective.
Melatonin , 4 hours ago I was too far in the future, using CDs. Floppies, wow. Now I’m going to have to rethink my whole thing.
I was too far in the future, using CDs. Floppies, wow.
Now I’m going to have to rethink my whole thing.
PolydoreSmith , 3 hours ago You… don’t know what a floppy disk is, do you?
You… don’t know what a floppy disk is, do you?
Melatonin , 2 hours ago I do, I just don’t pay careful attention to details and just run with what I think things are saying. My first computer was an Atari 520ST. No hard drive (its OS ran off a chip), and every program ran off a floppy. And your storage was on a floppy. Yeah, I know floppies. I used to have shoeboxes of them.
I do, I just don’t pay careful attention to details and just run with what I think things are saying.
My first computer was an Atari 520ST. No hard drive (its OS ran off a chip), and every program ran off a floppy. And your storage was on a floppy.
Yeah, I know floppies. I used to have shoeboxes of them.
datelmd5sum , 4 hours ago TDK’s revenue has been increasing steadily at least starting from 2010. When was the last time you bought a TDK product?
TDK’s revenue has been increasing steadily at least starting from 2010. When was the last time you bought a TDK product?
ayyy , 1 hour ago You probably have one of their chips or components in your computer, phone, tv, charger brick, etc.
You probably have one of their chips or components in your computer, phone, tv, charger brick, etc.
TheRealCharlesEames , 8 hours ago Sue the maker for false advertising. 1.44MB is clearly not High Density.
Sue the maker for false advertising. 1.44MB is clearly not High Density.
vext01 , 5 hours ago It is compared to their predecesssor. The 720kb “double density” diskette used for example, in Commodore Amiga computers.
It is compared to their predecesssor.
The 720kb “double density” diskette used for example, in Commodore Amiga computers.
Baaron87 , 8 hours ago Find a way to convert them into triangle shaped disks
Find a way to convert them into triangle shaped disks
hddsx , 8 hours ago Ew. Hexagons are the bestagons
Ew. Hexagons are the bestagons
Baaron87 , 4 hours ago Ha! That was a good one. (I’ll be surprised if anyone gets the reference I made lol)
Ha! That was a good one.
(I’ll be surprised if anyone gets the reference I made lol)
spacemanspiffy , 1 hour ago Split up something like Puppy or Damn Small Linux across them all. Build a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all. Boot Linux off of all the floppies.
Split up something like Puppy or Damn Small Linux across them all.
Build a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all.
Boot Linux off of all the floppies.
SkaveRat , 8 minutes ago Build a PC with 15-20 floppy drives and insert and mount them all. 10 floppy drive raid, please. don’t want to lose that critical data
10 floppy drive raid, please. don’t want to lose that critical data
Zorsith , 7 hours ago Throw them at junior sysadmins like shuriken.
Throw them at junior sysadmins like shuriken.
kindenough , 8 hours ago Fuck being incorrect. Buy an old AKAI sampler and make music from floppy disks libraries, I still do with my S-1100. Wrong answer would be to ritually burn them...don't.
Fuck being incorrect. Buy an old AKAI sampler and make music from floppy disks libraries, I still do with my S-1100. Wrong answer would be to ritually burn them...don't.
jbk , 5 hours ago crunchy but old snack
crunchy but old snack
lemmylommy , 5 hours ago Sell them. There is a market for that.
Sell them. There is a market for that.