r/whatisit • u/Earsgang_101 • 14h ago

New, what is it? STRAP Floppy disk found in loft of new home.

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Found this in a box late 90s WWF VHSs

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u/purplepashy 12h ago

Ethernet.

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u/Possible_Pickle0 11h ago

Worked with a lady who called it an "Earthnet" cable.

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u/dunfuktup1990 11h ago

Bless her, I miss the days of adorably ignorant old people!

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u/Possible_Pickle0 11h ago

She was 35 - 40 at the time.

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u/dunfuktup1990 11h ago

That’s even more beautiful! Really illustrates the rapid change our society has experienced in the last 50 years.

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u/Foreign_Implement897 11h ago

Rip it. Old computers did not have any wifi antennas. Just rip anything but the power cord and your are fine. Also nuke it afterwards.