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Farewell To the Floppy Disk

Posted by kdawson on from the first-they-came-for-the-Morse-code dept.

s31523 writes "Those of us who have been in the IT arena for a while remember installing our favorite OS, network client, power application, etc. by feeding the computer what seemed an endless supply of 5.25" soft floppy disks. We rejoiced when the hard 3.5" floppies came out, cutting our install media by 1/3. We practically did backflips when the data CD-ROM arrived and we declared: we will never need any other disk than this! It is with sadness that I report the beginning of the end for the floppy: computer giant PC World has announced it will no longer carry the floppy disk once current supplies run out."

4 of 616 comments (clear)

  1. Mod storage medium down by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    (-1, Redundant)

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  2. Save Icon? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Should we now have to replace the "Save" icons on all out apps?
    Or shall we keep it around as a memorial (and to confuse the next generation)?

  3. Re:Sadly... Good! by i_should_be_working · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a silver lining: the poor reliability of floppies is what taught me my good backup habits.

    The !silver lining is that because of their poor reliability and the stress it's caused me, whenever I see floppies (or tapes) I throw them to the ground and stomp them to bits. Even if they're not mine.

  4. It's by wsanders · · Score: 5, Funny

    [INSERT DISK TO CONTINUE]

    about

    [INSERT DISK TO CONTINUE]

    time.

    [INSERT DISK TO CONTINUE]

    Anybody

    [INSERT DISK TO CONTINUE]

    remem

    [INSERT DISK TO CONTINUE]

    ber the

    [INSERT DISK TO CONTINUE]

    128K

    [INSERT DISK TO CONTINUE]

    Mac?

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