#5 | Posted by LampLighter
Further back than me, for sure.
In the mid-80's, I had a Commodore 64 (dual 5" floppy slots, one for program, one for storing data. I heard a loud thunderclap in the near distance and started pulling out power strips that powered synths, recorder, monitors, the Commodore computer and separate floppy drive for those two floppies.
Everything was unplugged but the floppy drive when I saw a fireball outside the window. Lightning hit a tree in the front yard, dug a trench 10' to the outer wall, penetrated to the outlet and melted the inside of the floppy drive and the floppies that were in it. I was so fortunate I didn't lose everything else.
Instead of replacing the Commodore drive, I bought my first Macintosh. Still use Macs and several PCs in my recording studio.
You guys are funny! lol