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It's a small point, but, from the article: > Today, any information stored only on a floppy disk is essentially gone. That's totally untrue. You can buy a USB
by ivraatiems 4y ago
It's a small point, but, from the article:
> Today, any information stored only on a floppy disk is essentially gone.
That's totally untrue. You can buy a USB floppy drive on Amazon for $20, and a pack of disks for another $20. I have two 1990s-era Power Macintosh machines with floppy drives sitting on my desk right now, they both work, as do the floppy drives.
And I was able to access some ~15-year-old floppies just a couple of years ago with no trouble.
- chrononaut 4y agoYeah, I just accessed data from many ~38 year old floppies just the other day without issue. Now, do I put any faith in the reality of being able access any of it the following week? Not really.
- devnullbrain 4y agoOld SD cards are similar. They may appear to have all the data you stored on them but actually trying to read that data will kill them.
- Gordonjcp 4y agoI use 3.5" floppies that are 40 years old or so pretty much every day. There isn't really a way to replace them.
- slackdog 4y agoI got some data off ~35 year old 5.25" floppies recently. I didn't have high hopes since these floppies are floppy, but they held up well and didn't give me trouble.
- ivraatiems 4y agoWhat about them makes you unable to buy replacements? Are they some specific brand or design?
- Gordonjcp 4y agoHave you got a few million quid to recertify equipment?