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It was a handy little friend, for so many reasons.
I think I miss the old parallel connector as well - there were so many things you could do with it. 
But not floppy drives.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Floppy drives are good for one thing a good motor! really I don't miss them as they were so small. You couldn't really fit much more than one Word doc if you were lucky.
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Aye: but it's cheaper to buy the motor than the drive! 
glennPattonWork wrote: You couldn't really fit much more than one Word doc if you were lucky.
In the days when the floppy was king, you fitted your whole operating system on it, plus the apps, and (if you were seriously unlucky) you data files as well! 1.44Mb was a lot of space, once. (The first HDD I bought was 32MB, and it cost 4 times what I recently paid for a 4TB USB3.0 drive! Even more if you translate the cost into "modern money" - beer was under £1 a pint in those days, and so was a gallon of unleaded)
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: beer was under £1 a pint in those days, and so was a gallon of unleaded
I for one preferred a beer.
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I preferred both, but not in the same glass.
I used one to get me to the other! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Shirley you meant to write
Nagy Vilmos wrote: I for one preferred a gin. beer
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A gallon of unleaded for less £1?, 4* surely?
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Nope. When I first started riding motorcycles, fuel was 39p a gallon - and I could fill my tank and get drunk for under a fiver. Mostly because I could get drunk on very little alcohol - I hadn't built up the tolerance I developed in later years! 
Hang on - I see what you mean. 4* - probably was in those days, yes. I remember buying 4* in preference to unleaded because it made the engine a little more powerful (and in those days every 1/2 mph counted!)
I assumed you meant "four times" as a rough conversion of litres / gallons 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yup I meant 4 star, just trying to be hipster on the keyboard!...
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IIRC beer was around 70p/pint when I first started going to the pub aged 18 in honestlyofficeritwasmybirthdayjustlastmonthIwasborn18yearsagohonest. I would go to the pub with £2 and often get laruped. This was not, as some may think, after two pints but more often 4-5. It was a buggerement that the guy I worked for also drank in the same pub and thought it funny to see how badly my head hurt the next day.
I would never condone operating a cement mixer with a hangover.
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This[^] is the b'tard! I'd recognise him anywhere!
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Never tried to operate a cement mixed hungover, I had difficulty focussing on the loo I had my head down, mostly.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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It was not funny. Nor was hitting ladders with a hod on each shoulder when I could barely stand up.
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Hod on each shoulder ? No way
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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You doubt me? 10 bricks a hod, one on each shoulder, ladder at the right angle that you can climb without using your hands. I believe this behaviour is now shunned under elf n safety.
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Jesus, in my short building career I really struggled carrying one of them, it wasn't the weight so much but the hod rubbing on my collar bone and the shaft chafing the inside of my arm, I was obviously carrying it wrongly. Kudos to you carrying two.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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I never said it didn't hurt!
I was at college at the time and I laboured in the holidays and sometimes at weekends. The guy paid me based on how much work he did. He could lay bricks as fast as I could get them to him, so my day was 8 hours of mixing muck and carrying bricks. Fittest I have ever been!
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Ditto ( I was at college ) and I'd not long broken my collarbone so all in all not a very wise choice of jobs - good fun though "proper work" not messing about with bits and bytes.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Ah yes I drank lots of HSB during my apprenticeship - firm but fair.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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Rage wrote: Maybe the main loss of most modern PCs : the RS232 connector.
I have mixed feelings about RS232. It was often a PITA to work with but it also was more accessible than, say, USB or ethernet if for no other reason than its simplicity in interfacing to a UART.
What I definitely do not miss is looking up the local access number to Compuserve when I went traveling. Modems! *shiver*
Marc
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That does sound cool! 
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As geeks, we're more interested in hearing about your clientelle. 
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: As geeks, we're more interested in hearing about your clientelle.
Whoa! Geeks are NOT supposed to be interested in those sort of things (otherwise known as g-i-r-l-s). Now where did I leave my pocket protector???
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: Geeks are NOT supposed to be interested in those sort of things
Geeks are always interested in those things. Whether we have the time for them, or they have the time for us, is a whole different matter entirely.
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Marc Clifton wrote: Geeks are NOT supposed to be interested in those sort of things
Oh yes we are - why do you think Seven of Nine exists?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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