Windows 7 - Anybody need some 3.5" floppies???

msdos622wasfun · 12-09-2010

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.)

linnemeyerhere · 12-09-2010

They make excellent party coaster !

gladson1976 · 12-09-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by linnemeyerhere

They make excellent party coaster !

Nice colors too

WindowsStar · 12-09-2010

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

Carl Lawrence · 12-09-2010

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.

Lunarpancake · 12-09-2010

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.

Fluffy · 12-09-2010

I don't even have a floppy drive anymore.

strollin · 12-09-2010

Heck, I still own computers that use 5.25" floppies!

Fantail · 12-09-2010

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?

bigmck · 12-09-2010

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.