• psvrhEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You have to be a) old enough to have been working with very expensive machines in the late 80s and early 90s, but b) not so old that you’re a complete luddite.

    I was in newspaper publishing, so yeah, I went through a 44, 88 and EZ135 drives. Zip 100s might not have been as quick, but they were a lot cheaper and they seemed more ubiquitous, where Syquest was kind of a crapshoot.

    I have one in return: do you remember:

    • the LS120 drive?
    • Magneto-optical drives?
    • ikilledlaurapalmer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Holy shit, magneto-optical. Never had a drive, but I remember thinking it sounded so high tech.

      You may have stumped me with the LS120. Ima have to look that one up.