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JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Nostalgia@lemmy.ca · 7 months ago

Remember zip drives?

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Remember zip drives?

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JCSpark@lemmy.caM to Nostalgia@lemmy.ca · 7 months ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2824472

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The original was posted on /r/nostalgia by /u/singleguy79 on 2024-05-03 04:24:44.

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    A company named “100MEGA Distribution”, a Czech computer parts vendor (incorporated in 1994) has one of these framed at the reception.

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      ah, geek humor … “iomega” → “100MEGA”

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        No, the capacity was 100 MB, and we’d say “100 mega” [🔊 sto megga] for short in Czech.

        As a computer parts & accessories store, they definitely sold these disks at some point in the 90s.

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