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Like VHS tapes or other older media, their░ ░contents are typically time-gated to the start of their manufacture until░ ░a bit after they went out of style.░ ░░ ░For the 3.5" floppy disks I've been purchasing, that range is roughly░ ░the early-mid 80s, with Apple's 1984 Mac line being their first to░ ░feature a 3.5" drive, until the mid aughts - a few years after the rise ░ ░of the CD-R.░ ░░ ░A bit before the release of the floppy-less iMac in 1998, a major shift░ ░in photography began to take place. Consumer-grade digital cameras░ ░started gaining in popularity around 1995 and by the mid aughts cell░ ░phones with cameras had become fairly common.░ ░░ ░ Most 3.5" floppies around this time held 1.44mb. Not much by today's ░ ░ standards, but then the Epson PhotoPC-a digital camera released in 1995- ░ ░took 0.3 megapixel photos and could store up to 16 of them in on its 1mb░ ░internal storage.░ ░ ░ ░ Harsh storage limits and the relative fragility of the media mean that ░ ░not very much remains from these very early days of digital photography. ░ ░ ░ ░ Significant portions of the disks that I purchased with promising labels ░ ░ had either been overwritten with other media, usually device drivers, or ░ ░ were unreadable by any of my 3 floppy disk drives. That, combined with ░ ░ a majority of sellers offering only blind auctions, has made finding ░ ░ material difficult. ░ ░ ░ ░ What I have found so far is representative of how I remember early ░ ░ digital photos feeling. They have a quality that is difficult for me to ░ ░ explain, but I'll try. ░ ░ ░ ░ I don't know if anyone thought of it this way at the time, but what makes ░ ░ sense to me in retrospect is that cameras up to this point had some ░ ░ immediate and permanent result. Whether that was a negative on film or ░ ░ the instant one-off output of a Polaroid, a subject knew that some ░ ░ permanent material output was being made of them in the moment of the ░ ░ photograph being taken. ░ ░ ░ ░ Digital photography, particularly early digital cameras which lacked any ░ ░ preview screen, just stored their results as a bunch of electricity in ░ ░ a container that you couldn't even access without a cable and a computer. ░ ░ ░ ░ Things feel candid even when the subject is obviously aware that a photo ░ ░ is being taken because that photo is, somehow, not a photo. ░ ░ ░ ░ I have had a lot of fun finding and curating these images so far, and I ░ ░ hope you enjoy seeing them. I hope to continue this series with more than ░ ░ just photos. I've found some interesting text documents as well and will ░ ░ likely incorporate them in future issues. ░ ░ ░ ░-cam ░ ░░ ░░ ▒░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░▒ ░░ ░░ ░ ░
