Jo Miran@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoYour parents in 640x480 glory.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageYour parents in 640x480 glory.lemmy.mlJo Miran@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
I took a lot of photos with a lot of people during the late 90’s. I wonder if those backup CDs in storage are still good.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIf you were a real pervert like me you needed zip disks
minus-squareLePoisson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI didn’t even know of the existence of those! Thanks for the new knowledge, I guess they never really took off much?
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThey were moderately popular around the turn of the century. They held 100-250MB but were pretty fragile. There were others called Jaz disks that held 1GB. But once you could burn a CD or use a thumb drive they weren’t worth the risk of data loss.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoBecause floppies held like 4 low res images?
If you were a real pervert like me you needed zip disks
I didn’t even know of the existence of those! Thanks for the new knowledge, I guess they never really took off much?
They were moderately popular around the turn of the century. They held 100-250MB but were pretty fragile. There were others called Jaz disks that held 1GB.
But once you could burn a CD or use a thumb drive they weren’t worth the risk of data loss.
Because floppies held like 4 low res images?