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Nostalgia

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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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The original was posted on /r/nostalgia by /u/singleguy79 on 2024-05-03 04:24:44.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A company named "100MEGA Distribution", a Czech computer parts vendor (incorporated in 1994) has one of these framed at the reception.

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ah, geek humor … “iomega” → “100MEGA”

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 7 points 4 months ago

No, the capacity was 100 MB, and we'd say "100 mega" [🔊 sto megga] for short in Czech.

As a computer parts & accessories store, they definitely sold these disks at some point in the 90s.