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Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy disks

Oxonian — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:11:21 GMT

A bit like having a 1990s mobile 'phone :-

Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy disks - BBC Future

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240510-floppy-disks-why-some-people-are-still-in-love-with-this-obsolete-computer-storage-technology

Re: Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy disks

Enlli — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:35:56 GMT

I've got some 51/4 360k ones from my BBC computer, and hundreds of 3.5 inch with Pascal routines on.

Re: Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy disks

pgn — Tue, 14 May 2024 18:15:55 GMT

The 3.5" is still the medium of necessity in the avionics world - the humble Boeing 747 designed the 400-series replacement for the flight engineer around 3 redundant systems, at the heart of each sits the 3.5" floppy drive..

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363122/boeing-747s-floppy-disc-updates-critical-software

I had boxes of 8" floppies, and the dual-sided 12" Phillips video disc was a thing for teaching in the late 80s.

Re: Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give up floppy disks

Oxonian — Wed, 15 May 2024 17:37:27 GMT

I still have a working external Iomega "Zip" drive with 100Mb and 250Mb discs from circa 2000 ! 👍