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• SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But they gave out nice coasters

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Eh…I wouldn’t call them “nice”. They were ok. Wouldn’t put them on a nice table.

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  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Before that, they gave out floppy disks. You could tape over the write protect hole and reuse them.

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      But they were 720k. Barely usable

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      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You could punch a hole in the corner and double the capacity 😁

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      • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They were free and not everything needs 1.44MB.

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• meliante@lemmy.pt ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The early vibe coders.

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