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Discussion Thread: Thursday, 20 March 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (13 children)

I got very lucky with my tech support session yesterday. I just had to set up a scanner, which could have been simple enough, but the laptop wasn't connected to wifi, nor was it picking up the hotspot from my phone.

Fortunately, the laptop was old enough to still have a disc drive. So I was able to install the drivers from the disc that came with it instead.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

Every house with those demon driveless devices should have at least one usb cd/dvd rom. People mock the humble optical drive until the shit hits the fan, then they roll around squealing

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I have one of these. I also have a usb 3 1/4 floppy disk drive, do I get bonus points for that?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those floppy drives are mad useful when you do a deep clean and find Ye Olde Shite. I've still got one kicking around, amazing how many times it gets used once people realise you have one

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't have Ye Olde Shite, those li'l guys are in current use here. My sewing machine uses them for design files, so they are my link from the computer.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

PII-200 running dos 6.2.2 and win 311 with a working 3.5 and 5.25 drives for retro gaming here :)

fuck all network capability tho, so I keep my USB floppy handler for anything I snaffle from the net

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

I have a zip drive which I proudly display at the back of a cupboard somewhere.

Used to be used for a medical practice where they'd send disks up to Syd. every week for back ups.

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