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he Smithsonian called, and took our card reader/punch when they heard we were getting rid of it. Our worked, theirs didn't.
I had to keypunch stacks of cards in FORTRAN class.
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Anybody else remember 'notching' a corner of a SSDD to make it-voila!-a DSDD? With a hole punch? Of course, this also reduced the reliability of the disc too-sometimes you'd overbite the notch and mess the disc up. But it was a quick and dirty way to double your capability.
ORIGINAL: jagsdomain
On a serious note. Would having the launch codes on a floppy disk prevent hacking?
Its basicly like having a hard copy.
But you could examine the disk contents with an editor and get the info that way, encryption being primitive or non-existent.ORIGINAL: Chris21wen
ORIGINAL: jagsdomain
On a serious note. Would having the launch codes on a floppy disk prevent hacking?
Its basicly like having a hard copy.
In them days there was no cloud, no internet very few networks that existed outside of a building, so yes, unless some idiot had writen it down (and other security risks) just in case the disc corrupted.
And the little sticky tab used to write protect diskettes would fall off...you also had to to be careful about writing on the label with a ball point pen because the disk would be damaged.ORIGINAL: Chris21wen
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Anybody else remember 'notching' a corner of a SSDD to make it-voila!-a DSDD? With a hole punch? Of course, this also reduced the reliability of the disc too-sometimes you'd overbite the notch and mess the disc up. But it was a quick and dirty way to double your capability.
Yes. Bit of useless technical info for you. When the discs were made the batch was tested. If one side failed it became single, otherwise double. Hence the reliability factor.
For got about that little tab.ORIGINAL: Zorch
And the little sticky tab used to write protect diskettes would fall off...you also had to to be careful about writing on the label with a ball point pen because the disk would be damaged.ORIGINAL: Chris21wen
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Anybody else remember 'notching' a corner of a SSDD to make it-voila!-a DSDD? With a hole punch? Of course, this also reduced the reliability of the disc too-sometimes you'd overbite the notch and mess the disc up. But it was a quick and dirty way to double your capability.
Yes. Bit of useless technical info for you. When the discs were made the batch was tested. If one side failed it became single, otherwise double. Hence the reliability factor.
ORIGINAL: Zorch
But you could examine the disk contents with an editor and get the info that way, encryption being primitive or non-existent.ORIGINAL: Chris21wen
ORIGINAL: jagsdomain
On a serious note. Would having the launch codes on a floppy disk prevent hacking?
Its basicly like having a hard copy.
In them days there was no cloud, no internet very few networks that existed outside of a building, so yes, unless some idiot had writen it down (and other security risks) just in case the disc corrupted.
ORIGINAL: jagsdomain
For got about that little tab.ORIGINAL: Zorch
And the little sticky tab used to write protect diskettes would fall off...you also had to to be careful about writing on the label with a ball point pen because the disk would be damaged.ORIGINAL: Chris21wen
Yes. Bit of useless technical info for you. When the discs were made the batch was tested. If one side failed it became single, otherwise double. Hence the reliability factor.
I remember the first time I tryed to save something then founs out you had to format the disk.
I would type, "Help! I'm trapped inside the keypunch machine" and leave the card in the machine.ORIGINAL: Hanzberger
I think I have some key punch cards laying around somewhere. We use to type notes to each other in class.
ORIGINAL: Zorch
I would type, "Help! I'm trapped inside the keypunch machine" and leave the card in the machine.ORIGINAL: Hanzberger
I think I have some key punch cards laying around somewhere. We use to type notes to each other in class.
backup was not a top priority in those days....
I need to do this...ORIGINAL: rustysi
backup was not a top priority in those days....
Old school. Backup is always a top priority.
Still backup my game about once every game month to a tumbdrive. Saved my butt when I had a system crash a while back.
ORIGINAL: Hanzberger
I need to do this...ORIGINAL: rustysi
backup was not a top priority in those days....
Old school. Backup is always a top priority.
Still backup my game about once every game month to a tumbdrive. Saved my butt when I had a system crash a while back.
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
Anybody else remember 'notching' a corner of a SSDD to make it-voila!-a DSDD? With a hole punch? Of course, this also reduced the reliability of the disc too-sometimes you'd overbite the notch and mess the disc up. But it was a quick and dirty way to double your capability.
