Floppy disks ejected in space, how in HD (definition, not density)

[beschizza]

Originally published at: Floppy disks ejected in space, how in HD (definition, not density) | Boing Boing

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[FGD135]

Neat! All I had so far were very low quality GIFs.

[anon52120741]

Now, how cool is that?

[bluehenbear]

Mixed Nuts in Space

[FGD135]

And now I have a better GIF:

[LutherBlisset]

Now, how do I explain this to someone born after, say, 2k?

Not the flying thing.
The thing that their forebears were able to go to space with using this computer hardware.

[sylvia]

That looks like a bad idea…miscellaneous nut crumbs getting into places they shouldn’t. What could possibly go wrong?

[Flossaluzitarin]

Have them write a paper on it in LaTeX. Using emulation of that hardware.

[smulder]

[FGD135]