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I found this old software on a medium I don't recognize at my church. Does anyone know if this has value to anybody? this

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[-] tym@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

Nobody ever asks why it's the C:\

Pour one out for A:\ and B:\

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 21 points 1 year ago

Originally, personal computers only had a floppy disk drive, which got letter A, and later models could have two floppy drives, so A and B. When hard disk drives appeared they got assigned to letter C (and typically D for a secondary HDD). E then became customary for optical drives (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM etc.)

[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Me, an average Linux enjoyer: "What's a drive letter?"

[-] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 13 points 1 year ago
[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] al177 1 points 1 year ago

/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0

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