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No, 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
by klodolph 4y ago
No, 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