pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 6 hours agoIt was a simpler timesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1448arrow-down12
arrow-up1446arrow-down1imageIt was a simpler timesh.itjust.workspelespirit@sh.itjust.worksM to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 6 hours agomessage-square77linkfedilink
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 hours 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-up2·4 hours agoAnd just have to pull all of them out to get the right one, right?
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours 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 hours agoThat really depended on how full it was, yeah?
minus-squarepelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoColor code to narrow it down
minus-squareSouthFresh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoJust checking… color code on the labels? The labels that are on the bottom?
minus-squaretomenzgg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour 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?
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.