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The problem is older than I thought... (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev

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I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.

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[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah yes, I remember being in the store when Charles Babbage himself would brag about his high score in Asteroids. Or that time he gave me a copy of the Doom shareware on 3.5" floppy. /s

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't you mean 5 and a quarter pence?

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The true floppy!

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

8 inch disks were floppier.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Before my time, I had no clue they even existed until this comment. Love learning new things.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000!

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

True, but those were well out of style by the Doom era

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago

My doom was a handful of 3.5 diskettes