Alice,
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Does anyone know how late Circuit City is open? I need to buy a replacement zip drive ASAP.

billyjoebowers,
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@Alice

I have one you could borrow, sitting on the shelf with my Jaz drives and VXA tapes.

Cefr,
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@Alice My college was weirder. The Jaz drive was used for our Macromedia Director animation class.

Ultramundane,
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@Alice I rescued a USB-A zip drive from a former employer's trash can, but haven't had the nerve to look at the precious things I've been saving all these years. (i.e. MacOS9 Shareware demos and 90s era gay porn photos.)

Alice,
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@Ultramundane This is like that guy on Reddit who bought a house with a safe in it. Please deliver!

Ultramundane,
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@Alice I'll try to follow through but I have to figure out where the disks ended up. (They're probably in a box in the closet, buried under MacOS9 Shareware CDs and 90s era gay porn magazines.)

Alice,
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@Ultramundane 😂 this is the club sandwich of jokes.

That means a lot because the club sandwich is my favorite sandwich.

allpoints,
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@Alice not sure but while you're out can you stop by Blockbuster and pick up a video for movie night?

Alice,
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@allpoints The bad news is that they're out of Dumb and Dumber To but I'll camp out for the person returning it!

Cmastication,
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@Alice I live in Richmond Va, home of the Circuit City HQ. I'm having big feelings right now. BIG FEELINGS.

lor,
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@Alice you may want to commute there in your DeLorean… 🕐🕜🕑🕜🕝🕒🕞🕓

mculbertson,
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@Alice Not sure, maybe CompUSA is open? 🤣

Alice,
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@mculbertson Good call! I got their answering machine so I'll call in the morning to get their hours.

Alice,
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Good news since my zip drive crisis has been averted because I realized I only need a new cable for my SCSI port so I just need to figure out when Radio Shack opens!

DemocracySpot,
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@Alice

😂

tantramar,
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@Alice You might just make it if you go exactly 88 mph in a DeLorean

nrohluap,
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@tantramar @Alice Catch 22. Need the flux capacitor from Radio Shack, but need the time jump to get to RS.

rothko,
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@Alice wake up alice, wake up! it's 2024 and google ate your zip drive long ago.

Alice,
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@rothko Oh, it's 2024?!? That's great news since my hoverboard should get me to Radio Shack even more quickly!

sonicrocketman,
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@Alice I was going to send over a maps link to the last one/few but there are a surprising number of RadioShacks still around. TIL.

Now if only I could find a GameFreak...

Alice,
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@sonicrocketman Would you be able to print out the Mapquest directions from Oakland, CA to the nearest Radio Shack for me?

sonicrocketman,
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@Alice I would but I’m waiting for another AOL disk to give me more free internet. I’m out this month.

Alice,
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@sonicrocketman I get it, my friend. The urge hits hard by the tenth of the month.

smellsofbikes,
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@Alice I have some spare internal scsi cables but usually the modem card is in the way. If you swap it with the networking card, though, that makes things easier, but that dumb cable from the cdrom to the soundcard is still an issue.

Alice,
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@smellsofbikes I normally don’t like when people use dirtytalk with me, but this is working.

justafrog,
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@Alice If you really want it, apparently they're still very available.

More available than circuit city and radio shack.

Alice,
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@justafrog 🔥 on Circuit City and Radio Shack.

tayfonay,
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@Alice I’ll Venmo you $100 if you go into a Mac store and ask a guy at the Genius Bar if they sell USB-C adapters for a SCSI cable for your Zip drive

Alice,
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@tayfonay I used to work at an Apple Store and sometimes had to sub at the Genius Bar and have seen some WEIRD shit, so I have zero shame in doing this and would do it for free if I had the peripherals available to drag along with me in my little wagon.

glasspusher,
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@Alice @tayfonay did you ever dom at the Genius Bar?

Alice,
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@glasspusher @tayfonay I only had to do tech support on mobile devices when volume was high.

timo21,
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@Alice ebay has some, of course. Does someone have a time machine that they only use to bring old tech equipment to sell on ebay in the future?

Alice,
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@timo21 I'll take a look at eBay after my mom gets off the phone and frees up the AOL connection.

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