Grandparents told us not to throw them away in case someone could use them.

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Mal-De-Terre on November 10th, 2022 at 23:23 UTC »

Got a CNC machine shop nearby? Lots of old machines still use 3.5" floppies.

zxcvb94105 on November 10th, 2022 at 23:35 UTC »

It’s an entire business model. https://www.floppydisk.com/

I hope to live long enough to see the last disk announce sector error as some admin who insisted there was no way to modernize screams in anguish.

jairusw on November 10th, 2022 at 23:38 UTC »

They sell well on eBay. Vintage computer collecting has become a pretty popular hobby in the last few years.