Sony Signals the End of the Floppy
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Man...I seriously haven't used one of those since like 1995 or so. I remember the older 5.25" AND the 8" disks as well as well! Many a game were pirated with those on my C64. 
....and I never did finish the game "Hacker". dammit.
....and I never did finish the game "Hacker". dammit.
I still have my A: Drive. Actually I still have a 5.5 and a tape recorder.
And before any comments come in, no, you couldn't get gramophone records for them.
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Hold on, Amiga's are still being run, don't they still have a floppy port?
And before any comments come in, no, you couldn't get gramophone records for them.
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Hold on, Amiga's are still being run, don't they still have a floppy port?
SomeUnregPunk said:
That is such a gross misconception, like when someone calls their PC's case "the CPU". The term "floppy disk" traditionally refers to any of the 3.5-inch, 5.25-inch or 8-inch removable magnetic media formats. A "hard disk" is the same thing as a "hard drive".lockeslylcrit said:
The 5.25-inch and 8-inch disks were indeed flimsy, but the name "floppy" was and is still used correctly to refer also to their less flimsy successor ever since its introduction, to differentiate them from "hard" disks which are something else entirely.
I still have a great many 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch and even a couple of 8-inch floppies knocking about.
Raises glass to make a toast.CoverYourHead said:
"Friends, students, workers, nerds, lend me your ears. Let us take brief moment to remember an early part of our data storage lives: the floppy disk. Resting place of so many Word documents, stories, pictures, grainy videos, early monochrome games, and college Powerpoints. Dear friend the floppy-we salute thee."
I literally haven't used a floppy disk for about 6-7 years now, so that doesn't really affect me.
Future Gal: Why do Windows' drive letters start from C? Why not A?
Future Guy: The C stands for "Computer".
Future Gal: And another thing, you see that "save document" toolbar icon in Office 2107? What is that a picture of, exactly?
Future Guy: That is what a file would look like if you could see one.
Future Guy: The C stands for "Computer".
Future Gal: And another thing, you see that "save document" toolbar icon in Office 2107? What is that a picture of, exactly?
Future Guy: That is what a file would look like if you could see one.
...Huh. I thought that ended years ago...Although, for kicks, I wanna find one now and put a single song on it...
The drivers for my mobo came on a floppy and the disc just had a bunch of google stuff on it. So yay no more floppies!
Oh good. Just last semester our teacher told us to get floppy disks for our test and I had to go to a computer antique shop just to find a disk.
I was surprised to hear they were still being produced in the first place. I haven't seen any in stores for at least 5 years, or seen anyone use one for at least as long as that. I guess that some companies have stuck to them, but a mere 1,38 MB of space pr. unit should have seen them upgrading years ago anyway.
That's pretty funny.The_Decoy said:
I am reminded of my last year of High School. My Science teacher was getting a new room and we were in study hall. So he was going through his old things and he pulled out . . . hundreds of floppies. I was just "What is all that?"
It was well everything. Former student presentations, old programs, just everything. Never through any of it out. It was especially funny that he had no way to view any of it anymore. At least at the school. (Actually I think the tech department keeps a few external floppy drives}
It was weird to me just because I never really had to deal with floppies.