The beginning of the end for stiffies

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:22 pm 0

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6314251.stm

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:29 pm 0

*SNIF*

I still have some 5 "25 floppies home (those where the REAL *floppies*)
with quite some data on them, I should buy quite a it of the 3 ones then
before they completely disappear because I still need some of them.

Mind you, the whole Neon PC can fit in a floppy

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:31 pm 0

My current machine has a floppy drive now, after nearly two years without, because I need access to legacy data. The floppy will take a long time yet to die out, though sales of new discs may stop.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:46 pm 0

Not surprising really, now that you can get a USB thumb drive that holds ~350 3.5" floppies' worth for a fiver (though obviously you'll have to pay more at PC World

).

Still, I do miss the ritual of flicking through a stack of floppies and slapping the right one for the job into the side of my STE.

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:29 pm 0

I read that earlier and it made me slightly sad, even though I don't think I've used a floppy disc since I got my iMac in 2001. There's something comforting about a floppy disc, kind of like audio cassettes.

merman · Post by **merman** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:30 pm 0

Was just thinking the other day, I need to get some more blank ones to backup some data from an old PC...

ddraig · Post by **ddraig** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:56 pm 0

just used my last and only 3.5" floppy to install win 95 on my old pc. I'd better grab some backups from microcenter before they stop selling them as well. The old bios on that BOX asked if it was a 5" OR 3.5' inch too

Duck Turkin · Post by **Duck Turkin** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:19 pm 0

Good riddance to old, unreliable rubbish!

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:23 pm 0

Duck Turkin wrote:Good riddance to old, unreliable rubbish!

Hey man, they were more reliable than a Boots C15...

moosedude · Post by **moosedude** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:29 pm 0

Monkey Island would of been more enjoyable without them

Has everybody else noticed the price of usb floppy drives going up and up?

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:31 pm 0

ddraig wrote:The old bios on that BOX asked if it was a 5" OR 3.5' inch too

5.25" if you don't mind

Chuffmeister · Post by **Chuffmeister** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:33 pm 0

I still have a very grubby diskette with 'ST-01' scribbled on it... a very treasured disk that one

sigh ... memories.

Can anyone guess what that diskette contained?

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:34 pm 0

Chuffmeister wrote:I still have a very grubby diskette with 'ST-01' scribbled on it... a very treasured disk that one sigh ... memories.

Can anyone guess what that diskette contained?

Soundtracker samples.

Tmuk · Post by **Tmuk** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:36 pm 0

moosedude wrote:Monkey Island would of been more enjoyable without them

Has everybody else noticed the price of usb floppy drives going up and up?

11 floppies for Monkey Island II on the Amiga I think it was. Always remember you had to make about 5 swaps whenever you entered the grave yard, fuck me that was annoying.
Still sad to see them go though.

swith · Post by **swith** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:36 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:
Chuffmeister wrote:I still have a very grubby diskette with 'ST-01' scribbled on it... a very treasured disk that one sigh ... memories.

Can anyone guess what that diskette contained?
Soundtracker samples.

Grot?