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Bolkonskij
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on: September 21, 2022, 10:57
Ran into this article some days ago and it's really an interesting read about, well, the last man in floppy disk business. Unfortunately, it requires a modern https capable browser to access: https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-the-floppy-disk-business/ Not sure if he's really the last, but definitely the biggest fish left I'd say. Interesting read on the "state of the floppy disk in 2022"! |
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128 MB  Posts: 192 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #1 on: September 21, 2022, 21:55
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Thanks for sharing this article! -Great read Quote from: Tom Persky “I would say that the best disks are the ones made between 1985 and 2000. If they were stored at a decent temperature, they’re as good today as they ever were.” Very interesting -there’s still hope that some of the lost software will show up 
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MTT
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256 MB Posts: 394 SSW7 Oldtimer
Reply #2 on: September 22, 2022, 06:03
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Yes. Loved this read. He may be in the business for four more years! Not surprising given his 72 years. The pic of his floppy multi-writer boxes sitting on Styrofoam "shock absorbers" is classic. Thanks for this post. Hi Cas. There might be hope for that shrink-wrapped box of DD floppies I've kept all of these years, after all  A late '90's purchase I believe. They were becoming scarce back then, too. And roughly 5 or 6 years ago I walked into a high street tech shop and asked the assistant if they had any floppy disks in stock. The young assistant looked at me, blinked a couple of times then asked "What's a floppy disk?"
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #3 on: September 22, 2022, 10:13
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Quote from: Niek Hilkmann & Thomas Walskaar I would say that the best disks are the ones made between 1985 and 2000.I would add to this that most of the best stuff I can think of was produced or designed during that time. And I am not limiting this to just electronic circuitry.
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