[KarlInOhio]

2. Floppy disks: Considering the state of computer technology at the end of the 1970s, it's no wonder people were astounded by the usefulness of the 5 1/4-inch wide, 360-KB floppy disk.

5 1/4 inch? Hah, puny storage. Real programmers used 8-inch floppies.

3. Wristwatches: - no subtle way of sneaking a peak at your cell phone when your boss is yammering at a meeting.

[KarlInOhio]

peak->peek.

In the future no one will use spell checkers because the brain-to-computer interface will always pick the right word.

[mancini]

5 1/4 inch? Hah, puny storage. Real programmers used 8-inch floppies.

We got our first word-processing computers around 1980 and used the 8-inch floppies. Wow.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Pfft, I remember when 8” floppies were the coolest new thing.

Real programmers were strong from lugging around key punch cards.

[Vroomfondel]

Real programmers used 8-inch floppies.

Reminds me of the old April 1 Byte magazine bit about pocket-sized floppies. It had a picture of a guy with an 8" pocket on the front of his shirt.

I actually still have an 8" machine. It worked last time I powered it up (about 5 years ago).

[Erasmus]

5 1/4 inch? Hah, puny storage. Real programmers used 8-inch floppies.

Actually, real programmers used front panel switches.

%-≤]B^)

ps. I'll bet that some here thought that photo was shopped.

[chaosagent]

2. Floppy disks: Considering the state of computer technology at the end of the 1970s, it’s no wonder people were astounded by the usefulness of the 5 1/4-inch wide, 360-KB floppy disk.

5 1/4 inch? Hah, puny storage. Real programmers used 8-inch floppies.

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Actually, REAL programmers used 12-inch floppies.

These came before the 8-inch.