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| Thread ID: 107018 | 2010-02-01 04:49:00 | Another free to a good home! | Brucem (8688) | PC World Chat |
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| 854152 | 2010-02-01 04:49:00 | I have a copy of Turbo Pascal (for DOS). Manuals, and 5.25"? floppy disks, in the original box. If anyone in the Christchurch area is interested please send message. | Brucem (8688) | ||
| 854153 | 2010-02-01 05:06:00 | Ummmmmmmmm - what's a "floppy"? | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 854154 | 2010-02-01 06:07:00 | Ummmmmmmmm - what's a "floppy"? Cant answer that joe, this is a family forum PJ:ban |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 854155 | 2010-02-01 06:47:00 | Turbo Pascal was great in it's day but now I would go for Free Pascal and Lazarus. Lazarus makes Free Pascal like Delphi. Using it I can choose the processor type and operating system to create a program for and I do it all within Linux. | mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 854156 | 2010-02-01 07:21:00 | Ummmmmmmmm - what's a "floppy"? The disc that was before the 3 1/4 hard disc, enclosed in hard plastic. Was about 5 1/4 sq, very thin & flexible. Hence "Floppy". Had a very thin disc inside a plastic envelope. But i am sure you know this already!!! PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 854157 | 2010-02-01 07:27:00 | Yeah - I still have some old Commodore flop-drives and some games - but alas, no place in which to plug the daisy chain, nor do I have any power supplies for them any more. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 854158 | 2010-02-01 08:05:00 | The disc that was before the 3 1/4 hard disc, enclosed in hard plastic. Was about 5 1/4 sq, very thin & flexible. Hence "Floppy". Had a very thin disc inside a plastic envelope. But i am sure you know this already!!! PJ I always thought they were both the 5.25 and the 3.5 inch disks... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 854159 | 2010-02-01 08:10:00 | And prior to that there were 8 inch disks even. oldcomputers.net Before that I used magnetic tape, paper tape and punched cards. :-) |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 854160 | 2010-02-01 08:12:00 | And 10" | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 854161 | 2010-02-01 08:13:00 | I always thought they were both the 5.25 and the 3.5 inch disks... Yes. I believe that the 3" was called a floppy. But. The 5" was truly floppy & flexible, whereas the 3" was hard plastic. The 5" were the very first discs I used. Computer was bought from Dick Smiths in Karangahape Rd in Auckland. Across the road from the Lion Brewery. 2nd shop to open in NZ. WaaaaaY back. PJ |
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