I came across a interesting and short article that recounts the history of the Floppy Disk, thought it may be of interest to someone out there, especially if they can remember 1971..........yes folks that's how old the floppy disk is. Who invented it? how did it progress to present day?
It's very easy for me to remember since I still have a 1.44MB 3 1/2 one in my 2003 circa WinXP Pro system. I rarely use it though.
They're also very flammable, so I don't recommend anyone using fire to destroy them as you could very easily have an out of control fire in a heartbeat.
Good one Hazelnut, wish I had seen this before "chucking" out a great heap of floppy's...........Hey I just found I still have 4 x 1.33MB disks, now I know what to do with them. There are some great suggestion tabled there.
I also found in the bottom of the drawer one FUjiTSU 640MB MO disk (magneto optical) and several PC 100MB ZIP disks...........I best not look down in my shed, goodness knows what I will find......I know there's a SCSI CD ROM Drive and 2 Adaptec SCSI cards there.
Good one Hazelnut, wish I had seen this before "chucking" out a great heap of floppy's...........Hey I just found I still have 4 x 1.33MB disks, now I know what to do with them. There are some great suggestion tabled there.
I also found in the bottom of the drawer one FUjiTSU 640MB MO disk (magneto optical) and several PC 100MB ZIP disks...........I best not look down in my shed, goodness knows what I will find......I know there's a SCSI CD ROM Drive and 2 Adaptec SCSI cards there.
I just recycled a ZIP Drive and a bunch of ZIP discs last year.. along with a Tape Deck and many 2GB tapes
sigh. . . I remember when a computer was a floppy disc . . . insert OS disc start computer os loads to (infinitesimal) local RAM eject disc insert program disc type LOAD monstermash play game
HEHEHEHEHE....I still have NEW 5.25" 360 and HD floppies, 3.5" 720 & 1.44 disks, a notcher to turn 360 to HD, a tool to drill out the extra hole to convert 720k to 1.44mg.....wait there's more.......I bet no one has this......a 5.25"/3.5" combo floppy drive. I would eventually like to make the combo drive to work via USB so I can archive the floppies.