Today’s computers come with terabytes of storage. In this undated photo, you can see a student working on a computer with two floppy-disk drives, which were popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Most programs and files were not loaded onto a computer, but were saved on and run from floppy disks. Do you recognize anyone in this photo? Do you have an interesting story about using floppy disks? Let us know at paw.princeton.edu.
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Jonathan Blake ’86
6 Years AgoFrom the Archives
Re the Oct. 3 From the Archives photo: That is electrical engineering and computer science professor Bruce Arden in the middle. Seated is Iain Bason ’87, and standing there looking slightly bemused is me. I showed up that day at the EQuad with a shirt I just got from Penn State (I was on the Ultimate Frisbee team, and we had just played in a tournament there). The photographer said I couldn’t be in the picture wearing something from another school, so I turned it inside out, crossed my arms, and hoped for the best. This would have been around 1985.
Editor’s note: Also writing to identify those shown in the photo were Bill Rosenblatt ’83, Jim Fehrle ’79, and Professors Michael Littman and Robert Stengel.
Jonathan Blake ’86
6 Years AgoPicture Identification
That is indeed EECS professor Bruce Arden in the middle. Seated is Iain Bason '87, and standing there looking slightly bemused is me. I showed up that that day at the EQuad with a shirt I just got from Penn State (I was on the Ultimate Frisbee team, and we just played in a tournament there). The photographer said I couldn't be in the picture wearing something from another school, so I turned it inside out, crossed my arms, and hoped for the best. This would have been around 1985.
Bill Rosenblatt ’83
6 Years AgoShown in the Photo
I believe the student on the right is Stuart Schulman '84. The gentleman in the middle is Professor Bruce Arden. I don't know who the student seated at the computer is.
Jim Fehrle ’79
6 Years AgoShown in the Photo
EECS Professor Bruce Arden with, I believe, Karl Danz '79 (left) and Peter Allen '79 (right).