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Ron Obvious

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6. Very nice!

Mon Aug 4, 2014, 12:55 AM

Aug 2014

I bought 3 5 1/4" floppy drives for a dollar each the other day, assuming at least one of them would work well enough to get some data off of some old disks. Turns out they all work fine and 99% of my 30 year old floppies were still readable, even the single sided ones I had turned into double sided ones with a scissors! Amazing technology!

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Dot Matrix printer plays Eye of the Tiger [View all] Ron Obvious Aug 2014 OP

And to think I threw out all mine years ago... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #1

Very creative. n/t JimDandy Aug 2014 #2

My favorite piece of music made with computer parts... caraher Aug 2014 #3

Very Nice! Ron Obvious Aug 2014 #4

Or the opening to James Bond on floppy drives sakabatou Aug 2014 #5

Very nice! Ron Obvious Aug 2014 #6

So neat TxDemChem Aug 2014 #14

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #7

There's one of those in my attic. sinkingfeeling Aug 2014 #8

[The User] - Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers OnyxCollie Aug 2014 #9

I just had a Nerdgasm NightWatcher Aug 2014 #10

I freaked out a friend with this bit of code.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #11

How about "Bonecrusher"? Or ...... marble falls Aug 2014 #12

Gotta love SGU TxDemChem Aug 2014 #13

That thing can sure jam! Blue Owl Aug 2014 #15

One of my faves, although more modern in nature of tech JackInGreen Aug 2014 #16