I've seen a few projects that stuff a bunch of flash memory into a floppy for crazy storage capacity, which is pretty cool. Maintains that nostalgia and commands much more respect than one of those ridiculously tiny little USBs that's easy to lose! :p

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

I recently got into LPs. It's slowly replacing the default home music source. It's really satisfying to have solid physical media.

[–] T156@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

…But I sure DO miss storage media that makes a satisfying “Kachunk” when loaded, and could be forcefully ejected like a spent artillery casing.

Older computers just have a nice mechanical ambiance that newer machines don't replicate quite as well.

I don't miss having the time to go make a cup of tea whilst waiting for the computer to turn on, or having the monitor scream the entire time it's on, but I do miss hearing the hard drive spin-up, and all the POST beeps and drive stepper noises when the computer's booting up.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Floppy disks were a human size. When we need removable media now, it's either a microSD card, which are so tiny there's no way to label them, and thumb drives, which...USB-A is irritating.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

I miss those "giant" zip disks that lasted like 5 years as a storage media. They were between 3.5 floppies and burnable CD Roms.