A couple of days back, I came across a bunch of floppy disks hidden deep in my desk drawer. I was curious to find out what's in it and ordered a drive - ridiculous price; maybe it's the demand (lack of it).
Anyway, I got swept away in nostalgia and started comparing the floppy disks of the 80’s and 90’s with the SD cards that are commonly used now. Objects that seem to have a distinct personality of their own have always been fascinating to me. So, when I started comparing the floppy disks and SD cards, invariably I had a preference for the former. Why, I wonder?
Floppy disks had such a ...
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