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   Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 16:00:11 JST Polychrome :blabcat:

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   • Ding Dang Trevor Flowers
   @trevorflowers I wonder if their diskette data format is an established standard or some random thing of their own design? Those were still common in early 90's bespoke systems.
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     Ding Dang Trevor Flowers (trevorflowers@machines.social)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jul-2024 16:00:12 JST Ding Dang Trevor Flowers

     If you're into #retrocomputing and someone gives you a hard time, just remind them that a fair portion of the world's infrastructure is old af.
     https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/german-navy-aims-to-replace-aging-8-inch-floppy-drives-with-an-emulated-solution-for-its-anti-submarine-frigates