← Back to context Comment by apples_oranges 1 day ago you mean photo not screenshot.I think all floppies are magical :) 4 comments apples_oranges Reply reconnecting 1 day ago Image.Back in time, black were ordinary, and only white/grey ones were for licensed software, thus more desirable.https://computerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/photo... achairapart 1 day ago As I remember, the blue ones where the most ordinary (and boring), at least for 3½-inch size. For 5¼-inch, they were mostly black, but I remember some of them in colors too (especially orange or yellow ones, they were beautiful).E.g: https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2AA9BC4/ajaxnetphoto-2019-worthing... reconnecting 1 day ago White gold: https://archive.org/download/windows-3.00a/media-disk01.png 10729287 1 day ago The same for cameras back in the 60s/70s. Silver was the norm, black was way more desirable. Funnily it's now the opposite.
reconnecting 1 day ago Image.Back in time, black were ordinary, and only white/grey ones were for licensed software, thus more desirable.https://computerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/photo... achairapart 1 day ago As I remember, the blue ones where the most ordinary (and boring), at least for 3½-inch size. For 5¼-inch, they were mostly black, but I remember some of them in colors too (especially orange or yellow ones, they were beautiful).E.g: https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2AA9BC4/ajaxnetphoto-2019-worthing... reconnecting 1 day ago White gold: https://archive.org/download/windows-3.00a/media-disk01.png 10729287 1 day ago The same for cameras back in the 60s/70s. Silver was the norm, black was way more desirable. Funnily it's now the opposite.
achairapart 1 day ago As I remember, the blue ones where the most ordinary (and boring), at least for 3½-inch size. For 5¼-inch, they were mostly black, but I remember some of them in colors too (especially orange or yellow ones, they were beautiful).E.g: https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2AA9BC4/ajaxnetphoto-2019-worthing... reconnecting 1 day ago White gold: https://archive.org/download/windows-3.00a/media-disk01.png
10729287 1 day ago The same for cameras back in the 60s/70s. Silver was the norm, black was way more desirable. Funnily it's now the opposite.
Image.
Back in time, black were ordinary, and only white/grey ones were for licensed software, thus more desirable.
https://computerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/photo...
As I remember, the blue ones where the most ordinary (and boring), at least for 3½-inch size. For 5¼-inch, they were mostly black, but I remember some of them in colors too (especially orange or yellow ones, they were beautiful).
E.g: https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2AA9BC4/ajaxnetphoto-2019-worthing...
White gold: https://archive.org/download/windows-3.00a/media-disk01.png
The same for cameras back in the 60s/70s. Silver was the norm, black was way more desirable. Funnily it's now the opposite.