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[–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I'd imagine the first drives were boxes of punch cards.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    I was trying to think of something that can I/O on the same thing as input which is why I skipped that. I think some nominally could mark a card as read or something, but I don't think that counts. I may be missing something. I don't think paper tape could really do output, either. Terminals are interactive and ephemeral so I didn't think those would be a good fit for a drive, either.

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