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krispos42

(49,445 posts) Thu Dec 22, 2011, 12:25 AM Dec 2011

I opened the drawer, and when my eyes fell on what was inside, I cried out in shock and fear! [View all]

Inside the drawer, of what is now my desk, in a company that makes sophisticated scientific measuring equipment, was... was...

A PILE OF 3½" floppy disks!

Trembling, I picked them up, sorted them, wrapped them in a rubber band, and put them in the cardboard box.

Underneath them were some miscellaneous papers, but underneath those...

A BIN OF 5¼" FLOPPY DISKS!!!

What kind of cursed place am I working at? What will I find next? PUNCH CARDS?

Oh, by the way, I got a new job. Started this week, and LOVING IT. I'm just born to be around engineers!

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I opened the drawer, and when my eyes fell on what was inside, I cried out in shock and fear! [View all] krispos42 Dec 2011 OP

More Like hoarders sammytko Dec 2011 #1

What was a bit scary was... krispos42 Dec 2011 #4

You've got yourself a real piece of museum history there. Savor it. Quartermass Dec 2011 #33

What, no 8" floppies? Downwinder Dec 2011 #2

That's what I was thinking. hobbit709 Dec 2011 #3

How about a book of US zip codes, circa 1994? krispos42 Dec 2011 #6

They were under a couple of stone tablets krispos42 Dec 2011 #8

Look at those stone tablets closely. Downwinder Dec 2011 #15

At my work... 47of74 Dec 2011 #5

Must be fun using WinZip... krispos42 Dec 2011 #7

It's for some very old computers 47of74 Dec 2011 #22

Oh, jeez... PKZip and PZUnzip krispos42 Dec 2011 #26

And I think the computer has a 170 megabyte hard drive 47of74 Dec 2011 #28

Ahh. Someone who knows Assembly language and Fortran77. madinmaryland Dec 2011 #9

I had to take a Fortran77 course for my course of study. krispos42 Dec 2011 #10

I have a programmer friend OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #11

I took a basic programming class using Basic and Pascal denbot Dec 2011 #16

I had to take Pascal too. Good grief! Grantuspeace Dec 2011 #44

I have some punch cards packed away somewhere if you're interested Major Nikon Dec 2011 #12

I expect to find an original abacus around someplace... krispos42 Dec 2011 #13

Magnetic data might last 10 years if you're lucky. I doubt too much longer. nt BootinUp Dec 2011 #14

Punched paper tape might be a valuable find JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2011 #17

I was talking with one of the guys about this... krispos42 Dec 2011 #23

If you find tubes, you've hit the Jackpot.......... Burma Jones Dec 2011 #18

We have tubes that emit specific wavelenghts of light. krispos42 Dec 2011 #24

And in the closet - a box of Iomega Zip disks wyldwolf Dec 2011 #19

Congrats! BTW those 5 1/4 floppies make nice coffee coasters LynneSin Dec 2011 #20

Thanks... it was a nice Christmas present! n/t krispos42 Dec 2011 #27

I have a USB 3 1/2" floppy drive. Thumb drives have sort of taken over now. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #21

oh cool, this is useful information barbtries Dec 2011 #39

It works great. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #40

Could have been worse. HappyMe Dec 2011 #25

hee! shanti Dec 2011 #29

If they were on top of a Thomas Guide you're really in trouble. bluesbassman Dec 2011 #30

I can't believe I used to navigate UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #49

Yeah, and they worry about people texting while driving now. bluesbassman Dec 2011 #50

My Dad still has fifty or so 5.25" floppies on his desk csziggy Dec 2011 #31

Right next to his slide rule, rotary phone, and incandescent lightbulb? krispos42 Dec 2011 #34

Slide rule - check; rotary phone is upstairs now; he's actually using fluorescent! csziggy Dec 2011 #35

See? Typical engineer krispos42 Dec 2011 #36

Oh dear lord quakerboy Dec 2011 #37

It gets worse - HIS father was an engineer csziggy Dec 2011 #41

Someone leaves you free coasters, and you're complaining ? nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2011 #32

why yes. barbtries Dec 2011 #38

Just get a USB floppy drive a2liberal Dec 2011 #42

i'm going to barbtries Dec 2011 #46

Do you watch Big Bang Theory? GoneOffShore Dec 2011 #43

Which episode? a2liberal Dec 2011 #47

Something about the "enemies list" - GoneOffShore Dec 2011 #48

Thanks! (n/t) a2liberal Dec 2011 #51

Is this it? progressoid Dec 2011 #52

That is the one - GoneOffShore Dec 2011 #53

For MLK Day, I Volunteered to Paint Murals at a High School's Computer Lab Yavin4 Dec 2011 #45