Krulsprietje to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat’s one word to prove you lived trough the 90’s?message-squaremessage-square455fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down113
arrow-up1229arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s one word to prove you lived trough the 90’s?Krulsprietje to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square455fedilink
minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago80’s, early 90’s. I think from '92 or so onwards, CD-ROM drives became standard equipment for home computers, but until the late 90’s they still came equipped with a floppy drive, if only to boot into recovery mode after a crash.
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBecause CDs weren’t commonly writeable until almost a decade later.
Was the floppy disc typically 90’s?
80’s, early 90’s. I think from '92 or so onwards, CD-ROM drives became standard equipment for home computers, but until the late 90’s they still came equipped with a floppy drive, if only to boot into recovery mode after a crash.
Because CDs weren’t commonly writeable until almost a decade later.