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

• ptu@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Although possible, it’s not really optimal to run an OS via USB

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  • skrlet13@feddit.cl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But if you get a really lightweight one it still can be better than those times… There were much less storage, RAM, CPU, etc. back then and still worked. Maybe not Windows, but there are more OSes

    FreeDOS if you wanna go real retro.

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• Jolteon@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yep, all you have to do is buy a hot swap bay for your computer, and sometimes enable the feature on your motherboard.

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