Masimatutu@mander.xyz to Memes@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoFloppy disks were high-tech weapons oncefiles.mastodon.socialimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up11.29Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1imageFloppy disks were high-tech weapons oncefiles.mastodon.socialMasimatutu@mander.xyz to Memes@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoYeah! The little plastic slider you moved up and down.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoOn commerical disks those are fixed on the frame (but can be flexed/cut away of course)
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months 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-up2·10 months agoAlso known as write-protection.
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.