@foone @mjg59 @quixoticgeek Perfect.
Before IBM adopted the CD-ROM standard, it briefly backed the earlier Programmed Optical Storage (POS), a proprietary six inch optical disc system incompatible with 5.25" drive bays.
Jun 30, 2026, 7:44 AM@NanoRaptor @mjg59 @quixoticgeek beautiful!
Jun 30, 2026, 7:46 AM@NanoRaptor @foone @quixoticgeek a+ no notes
Jun 30, 2026, 8:36 AM@NanoRaptor @foone @mjg59 @quixoticgeek Meanwhile, all the cool kids were rocking the 8 inch floppy... :aMarxParty:
@m Feels like the Lisa if IBM had designed it instead of Apple.
Jun 30, 2026, 3:51 PM@MacBalance Why am I only now remembering that there's a variant of the Model M keyboard with a TrackPoint?! :thinkpad_tp: #ThinkPadTuesday
Jun 30, 2026, 8:42 AMJun 30, 2026, 8:44 AM@glc @NanoRaptor @foone @quixoticgeek Well yeah that drive does look like a POS
@NanoRaptor @foone @mjg59 @quixoticgeek
There is no Wikipedia page for a Programmed Optical Storage format and my search results find no record of this
Jun 30, 2026, 10:10 AM@harksaw @NanoRaptor @foone @quixoticgeek that is the joke, yes