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Bucky

(53,986 posts)
1. I'll bet it's just chili & cornbread recipes and a lot of Buffy fan-fiction
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 04:35 PM
Jan 2016

Honestly, it's depressing. The more I read about Roddenberry, the less I think of him.

I wish reality would give me my admiration back.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
6. Well you should be impressed with his time travelling abilities
Tue Jan 5, 2016, 05:06 AM
Jan 2016

Since he died in 91 and Buffy didn't air until 97.

hunter

(38,309 posts)
4. I've recovered data from many old floppy drives of various sorts.
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 07:42 PM
Jan 2016

I haven't fired up my 8 inch floppy drive for nearly a decade now so I'm a little afraid the capacitors would go off like firecrackers if I did.

Heh. Boring technical stuff that sounds dirty amuses me, but yes, I actually do own an 8 inch floppy drive.



8-inch disk drive with diskette
(3½-inch disk for comparison)

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
5. The only thing I did was to drill a hole into 3.5" disks to turn DD disks into HD disks
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 08:01 PM
Jan 2016

And I played with my mothers punch cards, but I never came across the 8 inch disk.

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