Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 28, 2018Poll: What was the first removable, rewritable digital storage medium you used?Tape22.7%5.25” floppy40.9%3.5” floppy30.1%USB stick6.3%810 votes·Final results1074
Stephan Somogyi@thinkpanzer·Oct 28, 2018Replying to @vgrYou forgot 8" floppy, inbetween tape and 5.25.11
Stephan Somogyi@thinkpanzer·Oct 28, 2018Replying to @vgrUm, ok, but that wasn't specified. I—and many of my contemporaries—started using computers outside our homes before we had them in them. I certainly carried around 8" floppies with my stuff on them.11
Stephan Somogyi@thinkpanzer·Oct 28, 2018Replying to @thinkpanzer and @vgrAnd did you mean tape as in C64-style cassette tape or proper big magtape?11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @thinkpanzerJeez I just picked 4 likeliest options dude 🙄4:23 AM · Oct 28, 20182 Likes