Ha! I was wondering the other day why people still buy diskettes; most new computers don’t even come with a floppy drive anymore! On that note, I recently came across an old program I wrote as a kid, on a cassette tape! Wow, that really made me nostalgic
Zork, now that was a classic! Hmm… Never noticed before that Zork rhymes with dork; coincidence?
Cupcake: I finally threw out all my old games-on-disk like Kings Quest (and every other early Sierra game), Load Runner, Leisure Suit Larry, and on, and on, and on… It was sad to let them go, but I realized that I would never play them again and I most likely would not have the hardware to run them on in the future anyway.
I remember in elementary school the Apple II computers at school used 5 1/4″ floppy disks. Some programs actually required that the disk be flipped at certain times.
I MISS FLOPPY DISCS! When we had COMPUTER CLASS in elementary school, we used to insert those square frisbeez into the computers and play “Mario Teachez Typing,” “Oregon Trail” & some other game that was all about setting up Ruby Goldenberg contraptionz! FUN!
Ah, the good old days. I can’t believe people still use diskettes when a memory stick costs next to nothing. Love your robot-speak.
This post if very funny and very timely since Missy and I finally shredded all of our old floppy disks 2 weekends ago.
Ha! I was wondering the other day why people still buy diskettes; most new computers don’t even come with a floppy drive anymore! On that note, I recently came across an old program I wrote as a kid, on a cassette tape! Wow, that really made me nostalgic
I wonder if my parents still have a box of disks for games that we can no longer play.
Remember when having a disc in the drive was due to the limitations of your computer rather than game developers being annoying?
HA! I have some diskettes, lord only knows what is on them.
I had Clue and Duke Nukem on diskette. Those were the days…
Zork, now that was a classic! Hmm… Never noticed before that Zork rhymes with dork; coincidence?
Cupcake: I finally threw out all my old games-on-disk like Kings Quest (and every other early Sierra game), Load Runner, Leisure Suit Larry, and on, and on, and on… It was sad to let them go, but I realized that I would never play them again and I most likely would not have the hardware to run them on in the future anyway.
I’m with Tam on the Robotspeak. I got my nephew a t-shirt for Xmoose that says “I thought the future would have more beep boop sounds.”
Mel: That shirt is genius.
I guess they have another use (besides being great robot coasters).
http://gizmodo.com/5625989/ladies-please-dont-rely-on-a-floppy-disk-for-self+defense
I remember in elementary school the Apple II computers at school used 5 1/4″ floppy disks. Some programs actually required that the disk be flipped at certain times.
Cute comic, Craig, was this drawn on the iPad?
Chris: I’m trying to remember where on the Oregon Trail you had to flip the disk.
I MISS FLOPPY DISCS! When we had COMPUTER CLASS in elementary school, we used to insert those square frisbeez into the computers and play “Mario Teachez Typing,” “Oregon Trail” & some other game that was all about setting up Ruby Goldenberg contraptionz! FUN!