| Windows 7: Anybody need some 3.5" floppies??? |
09 Dec 2010
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#1 | | Windows 8 Release Preview x64 Michigan, USA |
Anybody need some 3.5" floppies??? Hey guys, remember these things ... man, I'm not sure of the overall extent to which the general PC-using population has abandoned this late '80s to late '90s technology, but it's been a few years now since I got any serious use out of them. Anybody here still use them? When I assembled my own rig for the first time after the launch of Vista, I decided at that point to give them up, and I didn't bother to install a 3.5" drive in my new system. (Although, I admit, my old PC sitting here off to the side still has one, but that system doesn't get used very much.)
I've got about two boxes of blank ones that are looking for a good home (see picture below). I can let them go real cheap! Let's make a deal!! I'm sure we can come to a fair arrangement!! Act now before some other lucky person snaps them up!!!
(FYI ... as you probably guessed, this is not an actual ad ... I'm just making fun out of the whole thing.) | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom built/assembled myself OS Windows 8 Release Preview x64 CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Motherboard ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 Memory 8 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 Graphics Card Gigabyte Radeon HD 7950 Windforce Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Monitor(s) Displays Hanns.G HG281D 27" Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Razer Imperator PSU Corsair HX850W Case Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Cooling Stock heatsink/fan Hard Drives Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA-3
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB SATA-3
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500 GB SATA
Western Digital 1 TB External USB Internet Speed AT&T U-verse Other Info Samsung DVD+/-RW (SATA)
LG Blu-ray drive (SATA)
MOTU FastLane USB MIDI interface
E-MU 0404 USB audio interface
Logitech X-540 5.1 speakers
HP Photosmart 8150 printer
HP Scanjet 4070 scanner
Logitech RumblePad 2 |
09 Dec 2010
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
They make excellent party coaster ! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 ! OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120 Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3 Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000 Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870 Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800 Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop |
09 Dec 2010
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Chennai, India |

Quote: Originally Posted by linnemeyerhere They make excellent party coaster ! Nice colors too | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number HP EliteBook 8530w Mobile Workstation OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86 build 7600 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx CPU Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8600 (2.40 GHz, 3 MB L2 cache) Motherboard Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset ICH9M-Enhanced Memory 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Graphics Card ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 256 MB Sound Card SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 15.4-inch WXGA anti-glare (1280 x 800 resolution) Screen Resolution 1280 x 800 Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port Touchpad, USB Mouse Hard Drives 250GB Fujitsu MJA2250BH G2 ATA Device (IDE),
120GB in External Casing Internet Speed 2 Mbps Antivirus MSE Browser Firefox, Chrome, IE Other Info Authentec AES2810 Fingerprint Reader,
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7561S LightScribe |
09 Dec 2010
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#4 | | Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) Earth - I wish I was on Risa |
Donate them to your local library. May times they give them to out-of-town patrons who have nothing to save on when using a public computer. -WS | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell OP760 OS Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64) Memory 8GB Monitor(s) Displays 2 Dell 19" LCD Screen Resolution 1280x1024 Keyboard Dell Mouse Dell Optical Internet Speed 40meg |
09 Dec 2010
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#5 | | Dual-boot: Windows 7 HP 32-bit SP1 & Windows XP Pro 32-bit SP2. Battle, near Hastings, UK |
I remeber getting about 40 floppies including poper cabinlet and lock (with 2 keys). That was back in 2000 for college work etc. I cannot recall what happened to them in the end. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Advent OS Dual-boot: Windows 7 HP 32-bit SP1 & Windows XP Pro 32-bit SP2. CPU AMD Phenom X4 9550 2.8Ghz Motherboard FOXCONN A6VMX (Socket 940) Memory 4.0GB RAM Graphics Card 256MB On-board ATI Radeon X1200 Series Sound Card UnKnown Monitor(s) Displays 19" TFT Mointor Screen Resolution 1400 by 900 Keyboard HP Keyboard Hard Drives 500GB Western Digital WDC Internet Speed Dial-up via Mobile phone (Three) Other Info 80GB External Hard-drive.
Also I have an old Windows XP Laptop for backup/occasional use etc. |
09 Dec 2010
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#6 | | Windows 8 Professional New Jersey |
i always keep two floppies and a drive with cable attached to back handy incase I need to do a BIOS update to a machine. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 8 Professional CPU AMD Phenom II X6 Motherboard ASUS Memory 8 GB Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon 4890 Monitor(s) Displays Dual 22" LCD Screen Resolution 1680x1050 Mouse Razr Mamba PSU 750 watt Hard Drives PC Drives
HD0 = Crucial SSD 128gb Sata III
HD1 = 300gb (Seagate Barracuda)
NAS
HD0 = 1.5TB (Maxtor) Raid1
HD1 = 1.5TB (Maxtor) Raid1
HD2 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5
HD3 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5
HD4 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5
HD5 = 1TB (Segate) Raid5 Internet Speed 50 down 35 up FIOS |
09 Dec 2010
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#7 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 Rochdale, Lancashire |
I don't even have a floppy drive anymore. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 4GHz Motherboard Asus Crosshair V Formula 990FX Memory Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Graphics Card MSI nVidia Geforce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5 Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi 2 MB 2 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster SA350 22" LED HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Microsoft Wireless 3000 PSU Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 (1200Watts) Case Antec 1200 Ultimate Gaming Case Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB 16MB Cache 7200.12 Internet Speed Upto 40Mb/s Fibre Optic Broadband |
09 Dec 2010
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#8 | | Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit), Win 7 Pro (32-bit) N. Calif |
Heck, I still own computers that use 5.25" floppies! | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built, Dell Inspiron 1520 Laptop OS Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit), Win 7 Pro (32-bit) CPU 3.4Ghz 3770K i7, 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo Motherboard Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H, Dell Memory 8G, 3G Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770, Mobile Intel 965 Sound Card High Definition Audio (Built-in to mobo) Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2409W 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard IBM Model M - used continuously since 1986 Mouse Microsoft PSU Antec Case Antec 100 Cooling CM 212+ Hard Drives 128G SSD OS; 1.5T & 2T Data on Desktop, 320G for laptop Internet Speed 1.5M down 1.2M up :-( Other Info Also have an Acer Aspire netbook, a home-built AMD Dual core (Minecraft server) and home-built Pent 4 all running Win 7. Also have various machines running XP, Win Server 2K, Win Server 2003, Linux and DOS. I think I have a problem... |
09 Dec 2010
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#9 | | 7 x64 | 7 x64 Syracuse NY, USA |
We have an old phone system at work ( getting replaced next year ) that runs off a 386 and OS/2. What system back then didn't have a floppy? Hey, who else remembers a breif stint of drives that could read the 3.5's but also took super-disks that were 1.2 gigs if memory servs? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self - Build | Asus K53e Laptop OS 7 x64 | 7 x64 CPU AMD 64x2 5400 2.8 | i5 Sandy Bridge Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H 3.3 | K53e Memory 4 gigs GSkill ddr2 800 | 8 gigs Adata ddr3 1600 Graphics Card xFx HD5670 1 gig ddr5 | Intel HD 3000 Sound Card Realtek HD OnBoard Audio Monitor(s) Displays 19" Samsung 18" NEC & 37" Toshiba | 15.6 Keyboard Rosewill RK-800G PS/2 Gaming Keyboard | Asus Chiclet Mouse Logitec MX518 | MS w/side buttons PSU hec 485w dual rail | 65w Case CoolMaster Centurion 534+ Cooling Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120mm Core Contact Freezer Hard Drives 120 OCZ Vertex II ssd | 750 Caviar Black 7200 sata | 500 spinpoint Internet Speed RoadRunner Other Info Logitec x540 5.1 audio
Windows 7 Speech Recognition
Modified Air-flow / Cooling system |
09 Dec 2010
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 Houston, Texas |
About two weeks ago, I got tired of seeing my white 3.5 drive in my black case. It clashed and I never used it so I removed it. It is replaced with a black bay cover. It looks alot better now. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1 CPU Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX Memory Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz Graphics Card Zotac GeForce 9400 GT 512MB Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Sync Master 940 = 19 inch Screen Resolution 1440 X 900 Keyboard Microsoft Natural 4000 Mouse Microsoft Custom Optical 3000 PSU 500 watt Case NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel Cooling Three 120 mm Fans Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 7200 RPM ==
Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green 7200 RPM == Internet Speed AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network Other Info 120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks Anybody need some 3.5" floppies??? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:36 PM. | |