kersploosh@sh.itjust.worksM to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 13 days agoAncient traditionssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square138linkfedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1imageAncient traditionssh.itjust.workskersploosh@sh.itjust.worksM to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 13 days agomessage-square138linkfedilink
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-213 days agoI’ve been a Mac user since 1989 and what is A:? ETA: Never change Lemmy
minus-squareKhanzarate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·13 days agoFloppy disk drive. A and B were reserved and your first hard disk drive was C. The two disk drives had fixed memory addresses because they were often specific ports on the motherboard, and loaded the OS, etc. Things after that were more dynamic.
minus-squarekersploosh@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-213 days agoLook at Mr. System 6 over here! I grew up on System 7 myself. I bet you were transferring all your files over the internet encoded in BinHex format, eh?
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 days agoIt was actually System 1. My dad bought an old used Mac because the GUI made more sense than the DOS PCs in his price range.
minus-squarewaterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 days agohttps://superuser.com/questions/231273/what-are-the-windows-a-and-b-drives-used-for#233284
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·13 days agoWeird corpo syntax for automatic mounts under an old OS.
I’ve been a Mac user since 1989 and what is A:?
ETA: Never change Lemmy
Floppy disk drive.
A and B were reserved and your first hard disk drive was C.
The two disk drives had fixed memory addresses because they were often specific ports on the motherboard, and loaded the OS, etc. Things after that were more dynamic.
Look at Mr. System 6 over here! I grew up on System 7 myself.
I bet you were transferring all your files over the internet encoded in BinHex format, eh?
It was actually System 1. My dad bought an old used Mac because the GUI made more sense than the DOS PCs in his price range.
https://superuser.com/questions/231273/what-are-the-windows-a-and-b-drives-used-for#233284
Floppy disk drive
Weird corpo syntax for automatic mounts under an old OS.