Egghead Software

[Dustball]

Recently I remembered there used to be an Egghead Software store in Maplewood and I remember going there as a kid.

I was reading up on the place today-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egghead_Software

This amused me-

A 1989 newspaper promotion in the Los Angeles area announcing the grand opening of the Pasadena, CA store offered a coupon offering customers a free 5 ¼” 360k disk for showing up - at the time an unprecedented offer. Customers were lined up out the doors and down the block, an indication of the insatiable desire for software in the booming personal computer market.

[Fernanernie]

I remember the one in the Burnsville Center

[Drunko McMoppo]

5.25's were sweet.

[Fernanernie]

I remember when 3.5" came out, and people getting confused because even though they were a floppy disk, they had a plastic shell.

Moron: "Don't you mean a hard disk?"
Me: "No. a 3.5" floppy disk"
Moron: "But the only floppy one I have is 5.25"
Me: "Check again. You got a 3.5" one" (cue me hitting the mute button trying to stifle my laughter)