Nibby Bait

"MM54" (mm54mk2) 04/27/2019 at 22:40 • Filed to: BUT WHY

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The only file on the disk was an MP3, timestamped December 2000. Someone was ahead of the times! I don’t know where this disk came from, it was in the box with the drive, but they liked Neil Young.

Decided to finally get my parallel port ZIP100 drive working on the W indows 95 machine. Naturally, I had diskettes with the drivers for 98 on them, but not 95. After some internetting, I was able to locate the appropriate ones and get everything set up (needless to say, this file is now also on a diskette with the W98 ones).

This brings the total storage on this machine to:
A: - 5.25" floppy
B: - 3.5" floppy
C: - HDD (actually a CompactFlash card on an IDE adapter, so SSD?)
D: - CD-ROM
E: - USB 1.0 Flash Drive
F: - ZIP100

Practical!

All this, and I still find myself sometimes pining for an IBM PS/ValuePoint for nostalgic reasons (was the first computer I used with any regularity).

dogisbadob > MM54 04/27/2019 at 23:06

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ooo road rash

SmugAardvark > MM54 04/27/2019 at 23:22

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No 8" Floppy? No DAT drive? No MiniDisc?

Hmph, peasant.

404 - User No Longer Available > dogisbadob 04/27/2019 at 23:32

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Remember days when video games didn’t need warnings at launch because kids were smart enough know what NOT to do in real life?

MM54 > 404 - User No Longer Available 04/27/2019 at 23:41

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You mean I can’t run over old ladies crossing the street then crash into the end of a guard rail on a motorcycle at 120MPH , fly through the air, hit a tree, then jog back to my bike and continue on as if nothing happened (as long as the cops don’t see) ?

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > MM54 04/28/2019 at 09:31

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Tick tick tick tick

TorqueToYield > MM54 04/28/2019 at 15:42

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Zip drive was game changing. Going from 1.4 mb floppy to 100 was nuts. So much room for activities.

Nibby > MM54 05/06/2019 at 10:43

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gimme

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MM54 05/11/2019 at 12:40

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I bought a 320mb HDD once for $300.

MM54 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/11/2019 at 12:58

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I believe it, it’s crazy how fast technology goes out of date.