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by elevation 3 days ago
Was the floppy quieter than an HD?
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hackernudes 3 days ago
Probably only used the floppy to boot into a ramdisk.
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littlecranky67 3 days ago
Exactly.
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ErroneousBosh 3 days ago
When it wasn't in use, yes. Even when it was the noise it made was a lot softer than the dentist's drill of a hard disk spinning up.
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