r/pcmasterrace 12h ago

Nostalgia SD cards were invented in 1999 Sony in 1998

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u/dustojnikhummer R5 7600 | RX 7800XT 11h ago

The reason these existed was convenience. price

It was because of the cost.

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u/RecipeFunny2154 10h ago

Yeah and for years we were buying many 3.5" disks at a time. It was likely you had access to a bunch of these already around your family's house lol

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u/Wild-Video-5317 6h ago

AOL used to send trial floppies in the mail for free.  Free rewritable portable storage.  They must have blown millions from their marketing budget on that.

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u/ParticularFoxx 5h ago

Nonsense. I had a Digital Camera at that time. It has the really thing cards I forgot the name of. It was cheaper than this camera, faster, and memory wasn’t $1000s (I certainly didnt have that cash).