lin 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Does anyone here still use floppy disks. My new machine doesn't even have a floppy drive and I have lots of old discs with mostly unused data on them but I'm wondering what to do with them. Spend a long long time going through them on my old PC and putting the data I want on CD/DVD or just bin the lot in an act of frustration. Many retailers aren't selling them now. I wonder when it will be that you cant really find a player or use them at all. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I remember getting Office 95 and it was on multiple floppies. I remember thinking wow that must be a big impressive application - more than 1 floppy!! Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Glad to see the back of them myself. I remember once saving some rather valuable data on one, my pc crashing and the data being unrecoverable and on top of that the floppy not working. Arrrgh. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Not had one on mine for 3 years now. I've had a few break on me at which time I have destroyed them by ripping and crunching them up. (revenge). Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceAgeMonkey 0 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Burning CDs of data always seems pain - love the ease and flexibility of using data sticks. Quote: I remember getting Office 95 and it was on multiple floppies. I remember thinking wow. Remember that too. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 I used to have a (Iomega) Zip disc drive as well that used discs that were like really big floppys. They didn't really catch on, but I thought it was pretty cool at the time. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 I have been cleaning out today and came across a huge box of floppies dating back to 1996. It will be interesting (if not time consuming) to see what gems I find on there. Hey they were good when it was their day. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Sounds like a nightmare to me! I remember those Zip (and Jaz?) drives, pie-eater. I thought it was a really good idea at the time - one great big huge floppy. I suppose CD came along and made that obselete quite quickly. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 The USB flash memory drives have made them totally redundant. I don't miss them. I threw them all out recently, not sure if anything useful was on them, and it's been so long since I used one, I didn't care... Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceAgeMonkey 0 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Sony has signalled what could be the final end of the venerable floppy disk. The electronics giant has said it will stop selling the 30-year-old storage media in Japan from March 2011. Earlier this year Sony stopped selling the disks in most international markets due to dwindling demand and competition from other storage formats. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Does anyone ever use them any more? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 What are they? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Dunno. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I believe this is one, but it's bloody big 12"! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 that one stopped being made 40 years ago. The 3.5 inch hard plastic case ones only stored 1MB. Can't even store a picture now. Good riddance. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 You can still buy that one actually in 2nd hand record stores. Biggest selling 12" of all time. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 that would be some wierd sounding LP. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Blue Monday, New Order. Legend has it they lost money on every copy sold as the sleeve was so expensive to make. I had a copy of that original sleeve. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I like 'em hard and large. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Quote: A popular misconception about "Blue Monday" holds that the single's die-cut sleeve, created by Factory designer Peter Saville, cost so much to produce that Factory Records actually lost money on each copy sold. It is unlikely that Factory Records could have sustained the losses implied, and the sleeve was soon changed to a similar non-die-cut design that would cost no more than a regular sleeve. It is, however, probably true that New Order saw little profit from the single's success, since an investment in the Haçienda nightclub swallowed much of the money they made from their hit. Another notable feature of the sleeve is that it does not display either the group name nor song title in plain English anywhere. Instead the legend "FAC 73 BLUE MONDAY AND THE BEACH NEW ORDER" is represented in code by a series of coloured blocks. The key enabling this to be deciphered was printed on the back sleeve of the album, Power, Corruption & Lies. "Blue Monday" is one of three New Order releases from this time period to employ the colour code. The sleeve's spine simply reads "FAC SEVENTY THREE". Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Can someone remind me what was on the b-side of that 12"? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Blue Monday 1983 A-side "Blue Monday" – 7:29 B-side "The Beach" – 7:19 Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 is that a collector's item now? What's it worth? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Considering they sold upwards of a million of them, I doubt much. Link to post Share on other sites
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