pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agoIt was a simpler timesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1846arrow-down17
arrow-up1839arrow-down1imageIt was a simpler timesh.itjust.workspelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoBecause those little metal things stick together and could ruin the disk when you accidentally snag it. This way, you could see how they are against each other and not snag them.
minus-squareSouthFresh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoAnd just have to pull all of them out to get the right one, right?
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoYou’d browse through them like a rolodex. The disks can tilt forward in the box to make that easier.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoThat really depended on how full it was, yeah?
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAs long as you don’t go over the max, it works.
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoColor code to narrow it down
minus-squareSouthFresh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoJust checking… color code on the labels? The labels that are on the bottom?
minus-squaretomenzgg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI remember my dad getting a pack of colored floppies and (~)11-year-old me being estatic at the cool colors.
Because those little metal things stick together and could ruin the disk when you accidentally snag it. This way, you could see how they are against each other and not snag them.
And just have to pull all of them out to get the right one, right?
You’d browse through them like a rolodex. The disks can tilt forward in the box to make that easier.
That really depended on how full it was, yeah?
As long as you don’t go over the max, it works.
Color code to narrow it down
Just checking… color code on the labels? The labels that are on the bottom?
I remember my dad getting a pack of colored floppies and (~)11-year-old me being estatic at the cool colors.