Floppy Disk Nostalgia

Comments focus on reminiscing about floppy disks and drives from the 1980s and 1990s, joking about the impracticality of using them for large modern datasets, and noting their use in legacy systems like San Francisco's train control.

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Sample Comments

jlebrech Oct 3, 2013 View on HN

shoulda put it on floppy disks, or minidisks

vardump Dec 30, 2021 View on HN

That's a lot of floppy disks!

Why don't you use floppy disks then?

dataflow Feb 26, 2021 View on HN

Don't forget 1.44M floppies.

DrNosferatu May 7, 2024 View on HN

Where are the giant floppy disks?

baxtr Sep 16, 2019 View on HN

Best Computers That Still Have a Floppy Drive

gethly Nov 7, 2025 View on HN

Floppy disks..ah, good times :)

j3097736 Sep 4, 2016 View on HN

Good thing I have a floppy drive

DigitalJack Aug 10, 2014 View on HN

In the days of the primacy of floppy disks, yes.

Kalium Oct 12, 2016 View on HN

I suspect a lot of machines still have old floppy disk drivers...