bturk said:
Doesn't matter. I'll still use 'em. I need 'em for boot disks when I play around with alternative operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD, and I can't think of a way to update a BIOS without 'em.
I just did some massive upgrades to my home PC, and I had enough parts left over to build a second decent box. One part I don't have, though, is a 5 1/4" floppy drive. I really want to put one in my Athlon 2400XP box. Spray paint it silver, to match the Lian Li case ...
Planderella said:
The floppy discs will join the ranks with 8-tracks, Betamax, and soon-to-be obsolete VHS tapes and cassettes.
IMHO, floppies will be with us until there is ONE standard for a replacement. Right now, there's too many removable media options. CD burners are cheap now, but the media is delicate, and burning coasters isn't as transparent as copying data to a floppy. I have a Zip drive, but the disks are expensive; $10 for 92 megs. SyQuest and Castlewood disks never took off. MO, MD, Mini Zip ... the list goes on.