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I'm curious, why do you use them instead of CDs, DVDs, external USB drives, etc?
by ezequiel-garzon 13y ago
I'm curious, why do you use them instead of CDs, DVDs, external USB drives, etc?
- Blahah 13y agoCDs, DVDs and USB sticks don't fit in a 5 1/4" disk drive.
- keithpeter 13y agoExcellent answer Blahah. Now, gaius, why do you need to use a 5.25 inch floppy disc drive instead of a more recent storage medium? If the answer is something along the lines of 'because that is all the old computer can use' can you clarify if this is a retro hobby or an actual use case?
- kalleboo 13y agoEven in the "old computer" case, there are a bunch of floppy interfaces for SD/CompactFlash/etc http://www.torlus.com/floppy/ http://www.torlus.com/floppy/ http://www.sensi.org/~tnt23/megadrive/ http://www.sensi.org/~tnt23/megadrive/
- gaius 13y agoI like to see how much real work I can do on 8-bit hardware, e.g. BBC micros, VIC 20, so a bit of both. For example I plan technical dives using Buhlmann in 6502 assembler, printed on a dot matrix. Come the infocalypse, everyone will work this way.
- keithpeter 13y agogaius, I worked that way for years! BBC Master with coprocessor and all for general word processing and maths teaching. Before that an Apple II and 5.25 inch disc drive used to control the temperature of a cryostat and log data.
- GregBuchholz 13y agoI think you'll find that CDs and DVDs will fit in a 5.25" drive.
- DrewRWx 13y agoI know one guy operates a bridge with them.