RIP: 3.5" floppy 1982 - 2010

[Avatard]

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[azoomm]

Wow, I had no idea they were still making them...

[Dragonpaco]

i knew it was the beginning of the end when aol started sending promotional cd's instead of floppies. they just didnt throw the same as the old floppies did

[njchopper87]

I just used a floppy disk for my "basic technology competency exam" this past weekend at the tech college. It seemed foreign.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Dragonpaco

i knew it was the beginning of the end when aol started sending promotional cd's instead of floppies. they just didnt throw the same as the old floppies did

hell yes, floppies made excellent ninja stars

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

hell yes, floppies made excellent ninja stars

the 5.25" were even better than the 3.5" (but not as good as good ol' 8"). I still have both laying around and machines with drives to read them

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

hell yes, floppies made excellent ninja stars

But they just don't stick in zombie heads the way that a good CD does. They also make poor kick stand plates, whereas a half dozen AOL CDs do a great job.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

But they just don't stick in zombie heads the way that a good CD does. They also make poor kick stand plates, whereas a half dozen AOL CDs do a great job.

I wonder what floppies do in the microwave, AOL CDs put on one hell of a show.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Trip

I wonder what floppies do in the microwave, AOL CDs put on one hell of a show.

they just sorta melt unless it's the 3.5" ones with the metal flap covering the magnetic surface - those spark a bit.

['73 H1 Triple]

I hope we don't need floppies to do back up on the Okuma Verticle milling machine at work.

It uses 8-1/2" floppies