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   Nanoraptor (nanoraptor@bitbang.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 05:53:05 JST Nanoraptor

   Despite the 3.5" Magneto-Optical format's many advantages - A much larger, more reliable and resilient storage, bright backlight, and a high-resolution active matrix colour screen - it still failed to make inroads against sales of the older ubiquitous greyscale 3.5" floppy disk.

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     ፐኩኦፖጦኡᎅጠኦፕፕ (thatmanmatt@toottoot.eu)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 12:54:47 JST ፐኩኦፖጦኡᎅጠኦፕፕ

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     @NanoRaptor hated both for the fact that the display was upside-down 😡

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     …might work for coffee… (mwfc@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 23:43:05 JST …might work for coffee…

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     @NanoRaptor
     typical SONY product.
     They had it all, just open it for data as well and ZIP-Drives would have not had a chance

     But no. (the MD players are MO drives with 150ish MB)

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     lkngrrr (lkngrrr@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 23:43:06 JST lkngrrr

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     @NanoRaptor Oh, this is going to really mess with some childrens’ heads. I love it.

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     ፐኩኦፖጦኡᎅጠኦፕፕ (thatmanmatt@toottoot.eu)'s status on Thursday, 28-Dec-2023 23:43:10 JST ፐኩኦፖጦኡᎅጠኦፕፕ

     • clacke

     @clacke accepted argument 😅 (mostly my floppies were scattered all over a desk).

     @NanoRaptor what happened to the ones with a Touch Bar on the edge? They were a rare beast.