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that moment when you realise you can archive and split large size files to fit multiple floppies
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Valeth1837yReminds me of the time I split a RAR archive (yes, I was still using this format back then, don't judge me :) into about 100 split archives to transfer something over from my fathers PC.
We didn't even have a home network back then, or USB sticks because they were expensive as fuck, so this was the only option. -
I still have a usb floppy disk drive, I probably could still use it to backup files but as far as I see it they are too big to store too little
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nneeoo707yThe size wasn't the main issue. Those crappy things were so unreliable that you never knew what happened when you put one in...
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Noob64667yI was a kid..
I really wanted to play GTA London and a friend from school had it.
It weighted 100mb..
I split it into 100 parts and transfered the game using 10 diskettes each time.
The walk from my place to his was over a hour in each direction.
I could visit him only once a day.
Took me a week to transfer everything.
GTA was good.
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