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[PA Comic] Monday, September 22, 2014 - How Do They Work

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  • marsiliesmarsilies Registered User regular
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    It was a pinwheel of negatives:
    disc-pac-002.jpg
    Weird. What was the advantage of the wheel over a standard roll of film?
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    Did the floppies have terrible software that you had to use, or was that just when they started doing CDs?
    The Sony Mavica just stored the images as JPEGs on a standard formatted floppy. No special software to use.
    http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/thompson/thompson2.html

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    marsilies wrote: »
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    It was a pinwheel of negatives:
    disc-pac-002.jpg
    Weird. What was the advantage of the wheel over a standard roll of film?
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    Did the floppies have terrible software that you had to use, or was that just when they started doing CDs?
    The Sony Mavica just stored the images as JPEGs on a standard formatted floppy. No special software to use.
    http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/thompson/thompson2.html

    I think ease of use. You just popped it into the camera. Not professional grade by any stretch, just something for people who couldn't spool film or kids.

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