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By the end of the floppy disk era, it was very rare to find a 400 or 800k disk that was still working, and Microsoft really didn't make much use of the DMF disk
by mgiampapa 2y ago
By the end of the floppy disk era, it was very rare to find a 400 or 800k disk that was still working, and Microsoft really didn't make much use of the DMF disks, they were replaced by CDs very quickly.
I still have a pair of USB floppy drives hanging around with the hopes of getting some more inexpensive ones at a flea market some day to make a USB based RAID-floppy array. I bet it will sound amazing.
- foobarian 2y agoIf you ever do I hope you post it here!
- mgiampapa 2y agoIt will never be as cool as this guy, https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/ https://silent.org.pl/home/2022/06/13/the-floppotron-3-0/
- lexicality 2y agoI still have a bunch of 400k and 800k disks that work fine
- wkat4242 2y agoYes me too. I recovered a lot of them. Even ones from the late 80s.
- badc0ffee 2y agoThat's a story people tell, but I'm not sure how true it is. There is tons of Amiga and older Mac software out there on floppy that you can still read just fine. Of course it's still a good idea to get a Greaseweazel and back up everything you come across.
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