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From: David Relson <relson@osagesoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Floppy support question for old farts. lol
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> My earliest "new and shiny" then would be a honkin' big desktop
> horizontal all-steel box, with a "Turbo" switch that toggles a
> front-panel (7-segment LED)  display between "4.77" and "8.00"
> 
> And of floppies that really *are* floppy (5.25")...
> 
> And of copy-protected diskettes and CopyIIpc and CopyWrite...
> 
> As you can see, I have a severely traumatic childhood...
> 
> Rgds,

You mean those small floppies?  Remember the big 8 inchers?

In the early days, putting a computer together took more than a screw
driver.  Remember soldering irons and PC board kits with discrete
components?  I do believe I still have an S-100 bus machine in my attic.

Regards,

David