Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoYour parents in 640x480 glory.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1246arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1238arrow-down1imageYour parents in 640x480 glory.lemmy.mlJo Miran@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
I took a lot of photos with a lot of people during the late 90’s. I wonder if those backup CDs in storage are still good.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoIf you were a real pervert like me you needed zip disks
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·30 days agoBecause floppies held like 4 low res images?
minus-squareLePoisson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI didn’t even know of the existence of those! Thanks for the new knowledge, I guess they never really took off much?
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThey were moderately popular around the turn of the century. They held 100-250MB but were pretty fragile. There were others called Jaz disks that held 1GB. But once you could burn a CD or use a thumb drive they weren’t worth the risk of data loss.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agodeleted by creator
If you were a real pervert like me you needed zip disks
Because floppies held like 4 low res images?
I didn’t even know of the existence of those! Thanks for the new knowledge, I guess they never really took off much?
They were moderately popular around the turn of the century. They held 100-250MB but were pretty fragile. There were others called Jaz disks that held 1GB.
But once you could burn a CD or use a thumb drive they weren’t worth the risk of data loss.
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