ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe Top 10 Best Selling PC Games from 1993 to 1998 (Computer Gaming World Issue 170)slrpnk.netimagemessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoGather 'round, young ones, while I relate the tales of the dark times when we had computers before myst… (AOL CDs were coasters, though).
minus-squareivanvector@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThe CDs were coasters for sure, but the floppies were free extra storage once you formatted them. Was a handy service AOL provided for a while, distributing free storage.
minus-squarefarmgineer@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI didn’t see too many of the floppies, but I grew up in a very rural area. I think I have a 1.x AOL floppy still in storage back in the US.
Gather 'round, young ones, while I relate the tales of the dark times when we had computers before myst…
(AOL CDs were coasters, though).
The CDs were coasters for sure, but the floppies were free extra storage once you formatted them. Was a handy service AOL provided for a while, distributing free storage.
I didn’t see too many of the floppies, but I grew up in a very rural area. I think I have a 1.x AOL floppy still in storage back in the US.