Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoFloppy disks were high-tech weapons oncefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imageFloppy disks were high-tech weapons oncefiles.mastodon.socialMasimatutu@mander.xyz to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoBut my dude… Diskettes had Copy Protection! /s
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoYeah! The little plastic slider you moved up and down.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoOn commerical disks those are fixed on the frame (but can be flexed/cut away of course)
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago…and they only protect the data on the disk from being changed, you can still copy it. Otherwise the disk would be unreadable.
minus-squareStantana@lemmy.sambands.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAlso known as write-protection.
But my dude… Diskettes had Copy Protection! /s
Yeah! The little plastic slider you moved up and down.
On commerical disks those are fixed on the frame (but can be flexed/cut away of course)
…and they only protect the data on the disk from being changed, you can still copy it. Otherwise the disk would be unreadable.
Also known as write-protection.