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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

5.25" floppies were obsolete for years before they even installed the system in 1998. They could have been using compact flash cards by then.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 34 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Compact flash? Nah, that was primetime for Iomega Zip Drives!

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

It would have been replaced a long time ago if that was the case.

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