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yogurtwrong@yogurtwrong@lemmy.world
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What is something that's crazier than the wildest dreams of any ~1970s nerd, but exists today? I'll start with an easy one:

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Bluewing@Bluewing@lemmy.world
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3.5 floppy disks. They still exist and still get used. I used them regularly up through the 2010s.

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modus@modus@lemmy.world
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Are they still used for something that isn’t ancient hardware?

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Bluewing@Bluewing@lemmy.world
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There is a surprising amount of “ancient” hardware out there still chugging along doing very useful work.

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modus@modus@lemmy.world
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I know, but I thought you were implying there are new devices that were utilizing them. Nevertheless, I love seeing old-school tech still in use. My roommate had a Korg music workstation that used them.

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