Hacker News Reader

Kinda makes me wish I had kept my parents' old 5.25" Quantum Link disk for the Commodore 64.

That's what AOL was originally called, and it was so fascinating for a kid who had never even heard of "online" back around '89 or so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link

I have a few AOL disks that I refuse to get rid of. I don't even have a disk drive anymore. It's part of my childhood. My wife thinks I'm crazy... but I like them.

There's some 9 or 10 shoeboxes full of 3.5" floppy disks in my parent's basement. Probably 3 of those are just AOL disks.

Jason Scott put up a post asking for them, you can ship them off if you want them archived. http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4624

Now I'm wondering if I could still find the set of 5.25" disks for Prodigy circa 1990 in my parents' house. I'd say 50% chance they're still there. Something to look for next time I'm visiting. :)

I still have an Apple ][ AOL 5.25" disk I kept in my old PC dual drive as a dust barrier.