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re: US Nuke Program computers run on 8" floppy disks, with code from the 50s
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:38 am to SCLSUMuddogs
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:38 am to SCLSUMuddogs
Would you like to play a game?
Anyone make that joke yet?
Anyone make that joke yet?
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Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:39 am to Shexter
Not sure if I understand you. I'm talking about connecting another storage media to a old machine, not the other way around. I'm pretty sure they would already know what OS they are running, and could make a connector cable to convert a lets say flash drive to look like a floppy drive on their system. Like the following.
UNISDISK
UNISDISK
This post was edited on 5/26/16 at 10:46 am
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:40 am to fillmoregandt
No it wasn't, since when is nuclear tech "shiny new shite." We'be had them since 1945
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:43 am to SCLSUMuddogs
quote:
No it wasn't, since when is nuclear tech "shiny new shite." We'be had them since 1945
Comparing modern nuclear weapons to the atomic bombs we produced in 1945 is like comparing the Space Shuttle to a piston driven airplane.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:43 am to Napoleon
Our first family computer was a Commodore 64 that we bought in the mid 80s. Even though I dropped the keyboard (which has about half the guts of a modern tower) and shattered the shell into pieces a couple of years ago when moving it the entire thing still works just fine. I simply taped the shell back together. 
It's got a kick arse versions of Spy Hunter, Buck Rogers, and Mrs Pac-Man. I even have a VHS deck hooked up to it b/c it has multiple ports.
The point? Don't sleep on old tech b/c that was back when they actually tried to build shite to last.
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It's got a kick arse versions of Spy Hunter, Buck Rogers, and Mrs Pac-Man. I even have a VHS deck hooked up to it b/c it has multiple ports. The point? Don't sleep on old tech b/c that was back when they actually tried to build shite to last.
[/img]Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:44 am to CAD703X
quote:
CAD703X
You think your home automation system could control our nukes?
Maybe Obama asks Alexa to aim the nukes at Syria when he's had a few drinks.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:47 am to Jorts R Us
sunchip
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:49 am to Dr RC
quote:
Our first family computer was a Commodore 64 that we bought in the mid 80s. Even though I dropped the keyboard (which has about half the guts of a modern tower) and shattered the shell into pieces a couple of years ago when moving it the entire thing still works just fine. I simply taped the shell back together. It's got a kick arse versions of Spy Hunter, Buck Rogers, and Mrs Pac-Man. I even have a VHS deck hooked up to it b/c it has multiple ports. The point? Don't sleep on old tech b/c that was back when they actually tried to build shite to last.
had one too. posted in this thread earlier
potty pigeon is the greatest game ever
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:49 am to SabiDojo
quote:I'd imagine a scene like this:
Just imagine if, God fobid, we have to use the tech and it doesn't work.
"GENERAL! IT'S NOT WORKING! ALL I'M GETTING IS LINES!"
"WHAT?! BLOW INSIDE THE SLOT! BLOW! BLOW GODDAMMIT!"
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:51 am to grammar_knotsi
What happens when the shite hits the fan and they throw the disk in and Oregon Trail pops up!?
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:54 am to poochie
or Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
Posted on 5/26/16 at 10:58 am to Napoleon
I know how to fix those.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 11:04 am to TheCaterpillar
damn i cant even get wink to reliably turn my lights on every day.Posted on 5/26/16 at 11:05 am to Napoleon
8in floppy. I got one of those as well.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 11:07 am to SmoothOperator96
quote:bullshite. you could still monitor that.
If you were to upgrade, you'd lost the ability to monitor temperature, pressure, etc.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 11:08 am to Gleaux93
quote:
Doesn't really work with IT. Things that are old enough to warrant the phrase "if it ain't broke," typically have been made obsolete by safer, more performant technology.
Doesn't make sense in a lot of situations.
Chamber Pots and Outhouses weren't "Broke" but we still have indoor plumbing now.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 11:08 am to Nado Jenkins83
LOAD"*",8,1
props to anyone that knows what that is.
props to anyone that knows what that is.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 11:14 am to Napoleon
It's harder to steal a USB than an 8" Floppy.
Posted on 5/26/16 at 11:15 am to Placebeaux
quote:
LOAD"*",8,1
How else am I supposed to get my game up and running?
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