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You had to hold it up to a candle. (startrek.website)
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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

They're still useful, someone local may want them for a free pickup. I still keep a spindle of both, for when I'm restoring older laptops and PCs. For drivers and software.

[–] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I should drop them for free somewhere probably and see if someone does. When working with computers I just keep a stash of cheap flash drives around. Much easier than burning a CD anyways since new laptops don't usually have CD drives anymore (mine doesn't though I have a USB one around here somewhere).

[–] DefiantBidet@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

But flash drives don't come with a free bagel holder 😂

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

Yep, I rebuilt an old Pentium III laptop a few weeks ago. The only way to get data onto it was via the 24x CD-ROM drive it has, or by taking the hard drive out of it and mounting it in another computer. I had some CD-Rs and a USB cd burner laying around, so I dusted it off and burned a copy of Windows 98 SE and used it to install the OS on that machine.