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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 4 points 1 day ago

Damn A and B are just like El and Baal fr fr

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I still can't get over that windows boxes can't have more than 23 drives connected, excluding C. Just absolutely hilarious ineptitude. Similarly the case insensitive filesystem makes it so the vast majority of file operations don't work [in all cases like they should].

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 1 day ago

don't forget the invisible pseudo-files that follow you around the tree in case you need to print something from a dos program

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[–] jerakor@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can only boot from the C Drive these days because a modern BIOS AI has such a small model it can only read at a first grade level. The first commands it understands are C Drive "the discovery command", C Drive Run "initial boot", Run Drive Run "OS handover".

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 1 day ago

simpsons did it

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I always label my secondary and tertiary drive A and B these days

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

ah the glory days of sierra games.

[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] defuse959@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you forgot the second :
love me some Devy

[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Never heard of 'em!

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

A and b were floppy drives. It’s not hard people.

[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone -2 points 1 day ago

/dev/sda yet another reason Linux is bett'a

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