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PO1 Brian Austin
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I remember using these old bad boys, the 8" floppys. Then along came the "new" 5 1/2" floppys...lol
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My first floppies were 5 1/2. I've never touched a 8".
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Me too. And I remember spray painting floppies red, so we could quickly see they held classified material, before there were colored floppies available...
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That' an interesting fun fact.
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PO1 John Miller
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My first job post Navy had a system that used the 5 1/2" floppy disks.
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I think you told me that a few weeks ago after a long discussion explaining a lot of Sailor insider jokes about deployment. Apparently, some Navy systems still use them.
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Actually this was a Border Patrol system (I was a contractor with them for a short time).
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PO1 John Miller - Maybe you should ask the painter to put an Air Force Emblem on it.
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