I actually bought a floppy drive from Best Buy around 2002 as a replacement. I had some old files I needed from floppy, and Best Buy was the only place open.

I actually bought a floppy drive from Best Buy around 2002 as a replacement. I had some old files I needed from floppy, and Best Buy was the only place open. Cost me $35 at the time. When I got home, I was surprised to find the floppy drive inside had a 40 pin connector instead of the standard 34 pin (MFM) connector. The drive seemed a little different, and I hesitantly connected it to my desktop to find that it was recognized as an LS-120 drive. By 2002 LS-120 was already past its peak and even Zip drives were pretty much old news. I think I got my first Thumb drive a year later, with about 512 MB of storage. I still have the LS-120 drive in my primary desktop, and it was a nice drive. It was quieter than other floppy drives, and had a motorized load and eject function.