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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 18 Mar 2004 :  16:05:34  Show Profile  Visit SiriusBlack's Homepage Send SiriusBlack a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Bookwyrm

After all, the five-and-a-quarter disks were "floppy."


What's scary is there are probably some posters who have no idea what you are referring to.

And still others who are saying, "Back in my day, we didn't even have floppy disks for our gaming in the Realms. We only had stone tablets."
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

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Posted - 19 Mar 2004 :  04:10:07  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yes, and they used the abacus to determine the old-style attack and damage roles...
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SiriusBlack
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Posted - 19 Mar 2004 :  13:43:49  Show Profile  Visit SiriusBlack's Homepage Send SiriusBlack a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage

Yes, and they used the abacus to determine the old-style attack and damage roles...


LOL. A very well written tv series had a great line about the abacus making a comeback.
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lowtech
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Posted - 20 Mar 2004 :  17:17:58  Show Profile  Visit lowtech's Homepage Send lowtech a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by The Sage
I mean, I know people who still call the old 3.5" diskette a 'hard-disk'...


You mean they're not?

I came by this name honestly...
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