Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 年前I was around during the stone age of the internetslrpnk.netimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1357arrow-down1imageI was around during the stone age of the internetslrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 年前message-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 年前I remember AOL on 3.5 floppies. You could put tape over a specific hole and re-use the disk.
minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 年前You could do that with any copy protected floppy. That was the little sliding tab in the corner. Tab open = read-only. Tab closed = read & write.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前I remember the AOL disks not having the sliding tab, either it had been pried out or it was just a disk that didn’t have it.
minus-squareBene7rddso@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 年前AOL didn’t want you to reuse them so they didn’t have the tab
minus-squareteft@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前Correct. Any disks that the company didn’t want erased, like marketing disks, didn’t have the slide tab. Hence the op mentioning they used tape instead.
I remember AOL on 3.5 floppies. You could put tape over a specific hole and re-use the disk.
You could do that with any copy protected floppy. That was the little sliding tab in the corner. Tab open = read-only. Tab closed = read & write.
I remember the AOL disks not having the sliding tab, either it had been pried out or it was just a disk that didn’t have it.
AOL didn’t want you to reuse them so they didn’t have the tab
Correct. Any disks that the company didn’t want erased, like marketing disks, didn’t have the slide tab. Hence the op mentioning they used tape instead.
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Same principle as with cassettes/music tapes.