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Control Data Corporation floppies.

Control Data Corporation floppies.

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[–] 3 pts

Floppy Disks! Some of the techs in the lab were having a stress relief session goofing around and made hats with them. Slit one side open remove the disk, open the sleeve and slide it down on your head. It seemed funny at the time, circa 1985.

[–] 3 pts

I have some new in the box. I get a call every once in a while from someone who hear my name from someone who knew me somewhere and they NEED some 5 1/4 disks.

Some people think they are free, and they are not.

[–] 3 pts (edited )

5 1/4 were the newer, smaller size (that held the same or more amount of data). These guys made hats out of the older 8" versions. Yeah, 40+ year old technology.

[–] 6 pts

I sold all of my 8" disks. Those went for some cash.