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Are floppy disks still manufactured? This surprises me because I thought they were not even available to buy new anymore unless you can find new old stock.
by andrewstuart 4y ago
Are floppy disks still manufactured?
This surprises me because I thought they were not even available to buy new anymore unless you can find new old stock.
- klodolph 4y agoNo, they are not manufactured. The last manufacturer (Sony) ceased in 2011 or so. Some entrepreneur bought a ton of stock and is still selling it, there was an article around about this which I read recently but I can’t find it at the moment. A lot of customers who buy floppies are buying them for various government equipment, or shops with CNC machines programmed by floppy, etc. If you imagine that a CNC machine is designed to last decades and costs tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, then buying floppy disks makes a lot of sense. If your government ministry requires floppy submissions because nobody bothered to update the rules then it makes less sense.
- krasin 4y agoThat's correct. The aforementioned entrepreneur runs https://www.floppydisk.com/ https://www.floppydisk.com/ This is a video tour of the facility (2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9tENHe19gk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9tENHe19gk