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I was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only) (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I wonder what "limited lifetime warranty" means.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yep I had 95 on floppy. It was like 30 disks. That installation was hell, you had to sit there and swap disks for several hours.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When one of these is corrupted then it's all for nothing lol. I mean CD Rom was so ubiquitous here by 95, 98 that this idea seems silly but I guess it existed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It was more for upgrading 386 computers from 1992-1994 if I remember right. Or maybe we had a 486. I dunno. It was definitely pre Pentium. Back in the dark ages!