Pages Tagged “floppies”
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- Out with the old tech, in with the…slightly less old.
I finally removed the floppy disk drive from my desktop. I don’t know why it took me so long, except that it wasn’t in the way of anything. Living with a small, inquisitive child means either making hardware changes at night or keeping the work brief, and timing it so that he still has enough […]
- Iconic Imagery
iTunes 10 has shed the CD imagery in its new icon. And yet a floppy disk is still the universal toolbar image for “save.”
- Last Days of the Floppy Disk
The last days of the floppy diskette are approaching: Sony will stop selling them in Japan next year. No word on how long they’ll continue selling them in the US…but when was the last time you saw a new computer with a floppy disk drive?
- Obsolete
I found this 3.5″ floppy disk on the ground while exploring a section of disused railroad track running through an industrial park. Update (December 2010): These tracks have since been ripped out and paved over with concrete as a pedestrian walkway to the Tustin Metrolink station.