40 ways we still use floppy disks... - Page 2

TCD · 18 May 2010, 16:38

Wow. I would fire the guy responsible for backups

Please show him this picture :

Thanks in advance

JonSick · 18 May 2010, 18:20

LOL they're not server backups. Though that would be fairly entertaining to make a noobie backup a NAS to floppy lols.

It's all firmware and system dumps for bug reporting, i.e. <1050Kb. 1024Kb for the EPRom and the rest is a dump of registers, etc.

Bronko · 31 July 2010, 19:17

I found a way to use those old Rise of the Robots disks (Non original

):

Franko · 03 August 2010, 22:24

I use them to throw at the neighbors cat, when it tries to S*!t in my garden...

cosmicfrog · 04 August 2010, 10:39

Get a water pistol with one of those cheap red lasers mounted on it

use red dot to lure the cat in to the kill Zone er I mean Wash Zone
then squrt the thing

Please don`t let my cat read this or I`ll be in for a big Meowing with Claws full extend at Dawn, Ekk!!

seuden · 04 August 2010, 10:45

That is awesome Bronko.

Franko · 04 August 2010, 21:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by cosmicfrog

Get a water pistol with one of those cheap red lasers mounted on it

use red dot to lure the cat in to the kill Zone er I mean Wash Zone
then squrt the thing

Please don`t let my cat read this or I`ll be in for a big Meowing with Claws full extend at Dawn, Ekk!!

I tried one of those things, the cats just look at you as if your stupid, and the only real thing that happens are the squirrels fall out of the trees....

Cloudane · 27 August 2010, 12:53

Thanks to Microsoft screwing up Vista and destroying what little faith people had left in them, zillions of people are still clinging to XP until it is wrought from their cold, dead hands.

And therein lies a use of floppy disks: aside from going to a machine with a CD burner and arsing around with nLite (a terribly inconvenient and time consuming process), it's the only way to get Windows XP Setup to see the hard drive on some machines.

Harry · 12 February 2011, 02:00

In the process of playing classical tunes, so that the drive doesnt fall to pieces: [ Show youtube player ]
Wouldnt try this though on a drive still planned for reading/writing.

s2325 · 03 May 2017, 00:05

http://x3.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comm...IrMfBZLtoL.gif

lost_lemming · 03 May 2017, 12:08

loads of people using old studio gear (akai, emu and roland etc..) samplers still use them. So yeah there's still demand for them.

drHirudo · 03 May 2017, 12:31

I used floppy disks regularly till early this year on my Korg PA 50, but then I replaced the drive with Gotek
[ Show youtube player ]
Also, I've tryied to load some games on the Amiga 1000, but all the 4 floppies that I mounted were reading with huge difficily, only managed to load kickstart properly, till I replaced the Amiga 1000 floppy with Gotek as well.
I plan to buy several more Goteks and replace them in the other Amigas and I can finally kiss good bye to the 4000 floppy discs I have in the basement. I am pretty sure I won't miss them.

olspookishmagus · 04 May 2017, 08:54

During eclipses?

Amiga1992 · 04 May 2017, 19:18

I still use floppies, with the Amigas, and with two Ensoniq synthesizers I have. I don't really feel the need yet for a floppy emulator, 2SDD disks can be pretty reliable !

demolition · 05 May 2017, 10:45

8" disks are still used by the US millitary for nuclear weapon systems:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36385839

Quote:

The report said that the Department of Defence systems that co-ordinated intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear bombers and tanker support aircraft "runs on an IBM Series-1 Computer - a 1970s computing system - and uses eight-inch floppy disks".
"This system remains in use because, in short, it still works," Pentagon spokeswoman Lt Col Valerie Henderson told the AFP news agency.

Jope · 05 May 2017, 16:42

I use floppies often, all of the current floppy emulators are quite annoying in my use case.. The closest to usability is a HxC Gotek with an LCD screen. I always secretly hope that the art projects are made out of HD floppies. Working DDs are too precious to waste. :-)

puppypc · 06 May 2017, 04:18

seeing as how I find HD disks about ten times as often as I find DD disks in thrift stores etc, they probably are. At least, I hope so too!

Thorham · 06 May 2017, 13:32

Floppies? Good riddance

seb132 · 07 May 2017, 07:15

3.5" floppies make great vintage glass mats on my coffee table when friends come for a drink... lol

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s2325 · 17 June 2017, 18:44

https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/co...C0MM5mRDY5.jpg
https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/co...0sQq2t5630.jpg
From some official advert stand? Or very good photo manipulation?

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18 May 2010, 16:38	#21
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,525	Wow. I would fire the guy responsible for backups Please show him this picture : Thanks in advance

18 May 2010, 18:20	#22
JonSick Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 255	LOL they're not server backups. Though that would be fairly entertaining to make a noobie backup a NAS to floppy lols. It's all firmware and system dumps for bug reporting, i.e. <1050Kb. 1024Kb for the EPRom and the rest is a dump of registers, etc.

31 July 2010, 19:17	#23
Bronko Remember: Shoot or die! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hamburg / Germany Posts: 89	I found a way to use those old Rise of the Robots disks (Non original ):

03 August 2010, 22:24	#24
Franko Happily Retired... Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Livingston, Scotland Age: 59 Posts: 62	I use them to throw at the neighbors cat, when it tries to S*!t in my garden...

04 August 2010, 10:39	#25
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	Get a water pistol with one of those cheap red lasers mounted on it use red dot to lure the cat in to the kill Zone er I mean Wash Zone then squrt the thing Please don`t let my cat read this or I`ll be in for a big Meowing with Claws full extend at Dawn, Ekk!!

04 August 2010, 10:45	#26
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	That is awesome Bronko.

27 August 2010, 12:53	#28
Cloudane Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cumbria Posts: 103	Thanks to Microsoft screwing up Vista and destroying what little faith people had left in them, zillions of people are still clinging to XP until it is wrought from their cold, dead hands. And therein lies a use of floppy disks: aside from going to a machine with a CD burner and arsing around with nLite (a terribly inconvenient and time consuming process), it's the only way to get Windows XP Setup to see the hard drive on some machines.

12 February 2011, 02:00	#29
Harry HD Installer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hamburg/Germany Posts: 1,068	In the process of playing classical tunes, so that the drive doesnt fall to pieces: [ Show youtube player ] Wouldnt try this though on a drive still planned for reading/writing.

03 May 2017, 00:05	#30
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	http://x3.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/comm...IrMfBZLtoL.gif

03 May 2017, 12:08	#31
lost_lemming Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Birmingham Age: 38 Posts: 391	loads of people using old studio gear (akai, emu and roland etc..) samplers still use them. So yeah there's still demand for them.

03 May 2017, 12:31	#32
drHirudo Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sofia / Bulgaria Posts: 456	I used floppy disks regularly till early this year on my Korg PA 50, but then I replaced the drive with Gotek [ Show youtube player ] Also, I've tryied to load some games on the Amiga 1000, but all the 4 floppies that I mounted were reading with huge difficily, only managed to load kickstart properly, till I replaced the Amiga 1000 floppy with Gotek as well. I plan to buy several more Goteks and replace them in the other Amigas and I can finally kiss good bye to the 4000 floppy discs I have in the basement. I am pretty sure I won't miss them.

04 May 2017, 08:54	#33
olspookishmagus Innuendo chameleon Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Multiverse Age: 43 Posts: 13	During eclipses?

04 May 2017, 19:18	#34
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	I still use floppies, with the Amigas, and with two Ensoniq synthesizers I have. I don't really feel the need yet for a floppy emulator, 2SDD disks can be pretty reliable !

05 May 2017, 16:42	#36
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	I use floppies often, all of the current floppy emulators are quite annoying in my use case.. The closest to usability is a HxC Gotek with an LCD screen. I always secretly hope that the art projects are made out of HD floppies. Working DDs are too precious to waste. :-)

06 May 2017, 04:18	#37
puppypc Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Greensboro, NC USA Age: 32 Posts: 116	seeing as how I find HD disks about ten times as often as I find DD disks in thrift stores etc, they probably are. At least, I hope so too!

06 May 2017, 13:32	#38
Thorham Computer Nerd Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Rotterdam/Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 3,751	Floppies? Good riddance

07 May 2017, 07:15	#39
seb132 French in Australia Join Date: May 2012 Location: Gold Coast Age: 52 Posts: 507	3.5" floppies make great vintage glass mats on my coffee table when friends come for a drink... lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

17 June 2017, 18:44	#40
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/co...C0MM5mRDY5.jpg https://www.wykop.pl/cdn/c3201142/co...0sQq2t5630.jpg From some official advert stand? Or very good photo manipulation?

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