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elevationyesterday at 6:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

Was the floppy quieter than an HD?


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hackernudesyesterday at 6:23 PM

Probably only used the floppy to boot into a ramdisk.

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ErroneousBoshyesterday at 11:47 PM

When it wasn't in use, yes. Even when it was the noise it made was a lot softer than the dentist's drill of a hard disk spinning up.