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New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - Zoidberg - 10-20-2022
https://www.floppydisk.com
Buys new/unused disks; also recycles used (formats where viable & resells) floppies.
Also sells both regular and low/double density Mac disks.
Also offers transfer services for individual floppies/disks to thumb drive.
A neat resource to bookmark for possible future needs.
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - rz - 10-20-2022
I still have a few old floppy drives with stuff on them, but I figure that I've gone about 20 years since I was able to read them. I figure if I've survived this long without knowing what's on them, I probably don't really need them anymore.
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - msglee - 10-20-2022
Got a bunch of zip disks around here.
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - ArtP - 10-20-2022
Wow....
3.5" MacIntosh 1.44 formatted DS/HD
"1.44 HIGH DENSITY"
$14.95
IS THAT EACH???
Remember when Microcenter or was it CompUSA or Circuit City gave you a Floppy disk per month for FREE yo get you in the store?
Remember when AOL floppies were FREE for the taking?
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - SDGuy - 10-20-2022
msglee wrote:
Got a bunch of zip disks around here.
:agree:
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - NewtonMP2100 - 10-20-2022
…..have touched so many…..floppy….disks….
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - ka jowct - 10-20-2022
msglee wrote:
Got a bunch of zip disks around here.
Same.
I also have a large, colorful button for the infamous Castlewood Orb that I acquired at a MacWorld Expo. The button is the closest I came to having one of those drives.
The Orb
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - testcase - 10-20-2022
rz wrote:
I still have a few old floppy drives with stuff on them, but I figure that I've gone about 20 years since I was able to read them. I figure if I've survived this long without knowing what's on them, I probably don't really need them anymore.
Are you sure that none of your crypto currency passwords are on those disks? ;-)
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - Zoidberg - 10-20-2022
ka jowct wrote:
[quote=msglee]
Got a bunch of zip disks around here.
Same.
I also have a large, colorful button for the infamous Castlewood Orb that I acquired at a MacWorld Expo. The button is the closest I came to having one of those drives.
The Orb
I was a big fan of the Castlewood Orb back when it was a thing. I know I had at least two drives and a handful of disks (which moved from my home office to a work location). I want to say that was before I went to MO disks, but the Orb might have been my last external removable b'f I switched to external drives -- and probably right around when I got my first OWC On The Go external.
And if you really want to lose some time researching old media, I'd head over to the Museum of Obsolete Data. Nerd that I am, I'll peruse that site for far too long.
Re: New to me, but for you technical curmudgeons: FloppyDisk.com - N-OS X-tasy! - 10-20-2022
rz wrote:
I still have a few old floppy drives with stuff on them, but I figure that I've gone about 20 years since I was able to read them. I figure if I've survived this long without knowing what's on them, I probably don't really need them anymore.
Ironically, I am unable to open those files, as the current versions of the MS Office apps used to create the files no longer support the older file formats.