DUDE.

[datassette_user@oldbytes.space]

@NF6X Good point, now I can't unsee the similarity

[paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org]

@screambiogenesis

And now I want one.

I don't think I have any floppy at home. But I want one.

[pauldrye@spacey.space]

@screambiogenesis I had one of these! It was a piece of junk!

[popio@infosec.exchange]

@screambiogenesis $253 in 1980 money?!!!

[thefathippy@mastodon.world]

@screambiogenesis

Pfft. We had a little plastic box with a lock. Security matters.

[screambiogenesis@mastodon.social]

@popio Yeah. Bare floppy drives themselves in the same catalogue start at ~$280, or ~$500 for externals. On the same page as the fancy carousel is a bin like you might use today (except steel and without a lid) for $10.95. Can't imagine they sold many of the carousel version...

[screambiogenesis@mastodon.social]

@pauldrye Do you think it was the same model, or a later/cheaper imitation?

[helpstertee@social.helpsterte.eu]

@screambiogenesis@mastodon.social love how the big one (300 disks) is cheaper than the small one (150 disks). This would be totally different today.

[pauldrye@spacey.space]

@screambiogenesis Looking at the price on the image, yeah, it was probably an imitation. Teenaged me wasn't paying that!

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@screambiogenesis Actually seems like a pretty good idea. I wonder why it didn't take off more.

[ottawasteph@mstdn.ca]

@screambiogenesis Good times