Comment on 3.5" floppy disks were peak tactile feedback in storage: easy to stick in, drives had a button to immediately eject them, big enough to get labels, thin enough that stacks didn't take too much space

• YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Those distros even have a GUI? Amiga Workbench on 720k all the way! 😁

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  • froh42@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Ok, you forgot the Kickstart boot disk loading the Kernel before. But yes, the Amiga was amazingly resource efficient.

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    • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I learned a lot about the Amiga reading Ars Technica’s history of the Amiga series. Such a shame that that computer never reached Brazil

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      • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Don’t fret. Only snobby kids whos parents bought it for them had them. Because they wanted to one-up you. And they didn’t even appreciate it. Like I did my C128D that had a built-in floppy drive.

        Fuck you, Csabika.

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  • bufalo1973@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I see it and rise it to Atari ST TOS (256 KiB), GEM included.

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    • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yep, an Atari ST man myself, but I had the STFM and then the STE, so TOS was in ROM. Wonderful machines. Still going to this day.

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      • bufalo1973@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        But it could be copied on a 720 KiB floppy with space left after writing.

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• 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Here’s one with a gui lol

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  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Awesome 🤩

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Or you could try KolibriOS or MenuetOS, both have images that allow you to install the OS from a single 1.44MB floppy

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