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   Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:20:19 JST Mark Gardner

   The year is 2246. Disease and hunger have been eradicated. The terraforming of Mars is complete. The symbol for Save is still a floppy disk. ?

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     Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:20:20 JST Mark Gardner

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     • MikeK

     @grin @mkarliner It’s floppy on the inside

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     grin (grin@mastodon.grin.hu)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:20:22 JST grin

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     • MikeK

     @mjgardner
     @mkarliner it's not even a floppy. That'd be 5"¼ or larger

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     MikeK (mkarliner@mastodon.modern-industry.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:23:23 JST MikeK

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     @grin @mjgardner

     No, the tape tore. A lot.
     And patching code was sometimes exactly that. Putting a new piece over and punching new holes. That was quicker than punching out a hundred metres of tape.

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     grin (grin@mastodon.grin.hu)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:23:24 JST grin

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     • MikeK

     @mkarliner @mjgardner Very important though: did the tape FLOP or not?
     (I have entered the scene at the 8" floppy age, paper tapes and punch cards were already history then.)

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     MikeK (mkarliner@mastodon.modern-industry.com)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:23:27 JST MikeK

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     @mjgardner @grin

     Hmm, back when I was working with paper tape, I lusted after 8" floppies.
     That doesn't sound quite right...

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     Mark Gardner (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:23:28 JST Mark Gardner

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     • MikeK

     @grin @mkarliner No, 3½″ disks are literally flexible inside their plastic shell.

     And considering #LinusTorvalds’ history, I’d more likely expect a #Sinclair #QL

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     grin (grin@mastodon.grin.hu)'s status on Saturday, 04-Mar-2023 00:23:30 JST grin

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     @mjgardner
     @mkarliner awwww

     Yes, every Linux machine has a hidden C64 in her heart. ?