Tasgandy Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 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? To find out more go to:Floppy Disk History Always With Kind RegardsTasgandy"one is never too old to listen & learn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 13, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 13, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Nice find Tas. Remember Iomega Zip drives? Giant leap forward. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 13, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 13, 2010 Remember Iomega Zip drives? I had a 100MB one of those in my old Win98 computer. I thought that drive was awesome and used it up until it went kaput. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted December 13, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 13, 2010 Nice link here about floppies. The car is for Andavari http://www.greenecoservices.com/20-ways-to-reuse-floppy-discs/ Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasgandy Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 Nice link here about floppies. The car is for Andavari http://www.greenecoservices.com/20-ways-to-reuse-floppy-discs/ 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. Always With Kind RegardsTasgandy"one is never too old to listen & learn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I dug into my stash and found approx 75 never used, high density floppies. What should I do with them? Donate to a computer museum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted December 17, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 17, 2010 What should I do with them? Donate to a computer museum? Since this is supposedly the last year they'll be made you could sell them online, someone is bound to need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 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 winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted December 17, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 17, 2010 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 ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I still have a box full of 5 1/4" floppy disks, I somehow doubt they're sellable. Anyone remember the old days when AOL would send their bloody CDs in the post every month?? They made really good coffee / beers mats. Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted December 18, 2010 Moderators Share Posted December 18, 2010 HA RedHawk, I actually have a "Hippy Curtain" made out of old AOL CDs ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I used an AOL CD for a model rocket base. The rocket shot all the sand from the metal container, & burned a hole straight through the CD. Cool after effect, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 inb4 corona drops the 'what made you pick that name' line again winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3bg0D Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Makes me wonder.... If you get a newer external USB floppy drive, will Windows 7 recognize it as a drive ready for "ready boost"? The thought of it is so funny! I mean, I know performance would drastically decrease. Anyone tried it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 17, 2011 Moderators Share Posted September 17, 2011 Makes me wonder.... If you get a newer external USB floppy drive, will Windows 7 recognize it as a drive ready for "ready boost"? The thought of it is so funny! I mean, I know performance would drastically decrease. Try to prefetch stuff on it: /prefetch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Keatah Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I still regularly use my Apple II+ .. it has 5.25" disks that hold 143K bytes each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Because typing and saving "the" makes it feel like it was all worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Fast Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Since this is supposedly the last year they'll be made you could sell them online, someone is bound to need them. I'd hold on to it man. 30 years from now, they will be antique, & you could be a millionaire! Hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted September 24, 2011 Moderators Share Posted September 24, 2011 I'd hold on to it man. 30 years from now, they will be antique, & you could be a millionaire! Hahaha Yeah some junk made in we know what country could be worth millions, actually that would be funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winapp2.ini Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Pokemon cards. Nintendo World Cup Gold Cartridge. Unopened beer/soda cans/bottles. winapp2.ini additions thread winapp2.ini github Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 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. Anybody remember the old IBM punch cards? Punch out your job, enter it into the card reader, come back tommorrow and see if it ran or aborted. Hi tech stuff, it was. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I remember learning about (and using) punch cards in grade school in the early 60s. So many hanging chads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Grade school. hunh. Must go take my vitamin / fiber supplement now. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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