When is the last time you used a FLOPPY disk?

zippyt · 10-19-2009, 10:33 PM

I have a USB floppy drive in my lap top bag ,
and I Keep a spare A drive in my truck ,
some time I have to reload Old programs and some of the existing A drives go SQUISH when you put a floppy in them

Elspode · 12-07-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

I have a USB floppy drive in my lap top bag ,
and I Keep a spare A drive in my truck ,
some time I have to reload Old programs and some of the existing A drives go SQUISH when you put a floppy in them

Kind of like an old woman who hasn't had anything in her slot for a long time, either.

richlevy · 12-13-2009, 12:48 AM

I think within the last year. I also have a USB external floppy disk drive. I still have a lot of old files on disk that I haven't used in ages. I'm thinking of transferring and burning to a CD or DVD and getting rid of them.

My shredder will shred CD's and DVD's, but obviously not 3 1/2 floppies. But pull out the metal shield and snip the film with a scissors, and they are secure against any low level identity thief.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2009, 01:20 AM

Pile 'em in the street, douse 'em with diesel fuel, torch 'em, while dancing around naked, except body paint/feathers. If anyone objects, babble about freedom of religion, the Constitution, and Sarah Palin.

bluecuracao · 12-13-2009, 01:09 PM

Zip disks count as floppies? I'm pretty sure I was still using those at my job 10 years ago.

I have old portfolio work stashed on 3.5" disks and a zip disk or two...why I keep them, I do not know. I can't look at the stuff on them, and wouldn't want to either!

richlevy · 12-13-2009, 02:41 PM

At my tech school, I was in one of the last classes to compile programs using punch cards. At my first job one of my jobs was to change over a department that was processing rejected punch cards by hand to a using a report.

I am, however, too young to have used paper tape, which was like large ticker tape.

I don't remember if I ever used an 8" floppy disk.

Not only do I still code in COBOL, I am the same age as COBOL!

View Poll Results: When is the last time you used a FLOPPY disk?
Within the last DAY	3	7.14%
Within the last WEEK	1	2.38%
Within the last MONTH	1	2.38%
Within the last YEAR	9	21.43%
Within the last 5 YEARS	15	35.71%
Within the last 10 YEARS	9	21.43%
Within the last 20 YEARS	2	4.76%
I have NEVER used a 3½ floppy!	0	0%
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10-19-2009, 10:33 PM	#1
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I have a USB floppy drive in my lap top bag , and I Keep a spare A drive in my truck , some time I have to reload Old programs and some of the existing A drives go SQUISH when you put a floppy in them __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-13-2009, 12:48 AM	#3
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I think within the last year. I also have a USB external floppy disk drive. I still have a lot of old files on disk that I haven't used in ages. I'm thinking of transferring and burning to a CD or DVD and getting rid of them. My shredder will shred CD's and DVD's, but obviously not 3 1/2 floppies. But pull out the metal shield and snip the film with a scissors, and they are secure against any low level identity thief. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-13-2009, 01:20 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Pile 'em in the street, douse 'em with diesel fuel, torch 'em, while dancing around naked, except body paint/feathers. If anyone objects, babble about freedom of religion, the Constitution, and Sarah Palin. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-13-2009, 02:41 PM	#6
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	At my tech school, I was in one of the last classes to compile programs using punch cards. At my first job one of my jobs was to change over a department that was processing rejected punch cards by hand to a using a report. I am, however, too young to have used paper tape, which was like large ticker tape. I don't remember if I ever used an 8" floppy disk. Not only do I still code in COBOL, I am the same age as COBOL! __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

12-13-2009, 01:09 PM	#5
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Zip disks count as floppies? I'm pretty sure I was still using those at my job 10 years ago. I have old portfolio work stashed on 3.5" disks and a zip disk or two...why I keep them, I do not know. I can't look at the stuff on them, and wouldn't want to either!

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