DOS ain't dead

FYI: DEATH (again, after cca 30 years) (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 08.05.2010, 13:35

> http://www.techbabu.com/2010/04/now-its-end-of-life-for-floppy-disks/
>
> > Sony has announced that it will stop making floppy disks from next
> year,
> > after that there will be no floppy disk manufacturer left in he market.

I saw this mentioned on OS News. According to someone there, some companies still sell floppies. I don't know if they're still produced, though.

Ironically, the brand of my (bought a year or so ago) double-speed USB floppy drive was Sony. Also, I grabbed a Sony Mavicon at a charity garage sale just because it used a 3.5" floppy (haven't tried it, didn't come with battery, may not even work even then, I just thought it was funny ... besides, $10 ain't much for charity anyways).

The main problem with migrating to other hardware is having to buy it (minor), having the computer that's compatible with it (medium), and having an OS that supports it (major issue, and good luck with that if it isn't Win, Lin, or Mac ... very annoying!).

Complete thread:

• FYI: DEATH (again, after cca 30 years) - DOS386, 07.05.2010, 05:07 (Announce)
  • HxC SD card floppy emulator / Virtual Floppy Drive / Flopper - Arjay, 07.05.2010, 17:27
    • DEATH / HxC SD card floppy emulator / Virtual Floppy Drive - DOS386, 08.05.2010, 07:02
      • DEATH / HxC SD card floppy emulator / Virtual Floppy Drive - Arjay, 08.05.2010, 13:18
        • Other hardware floppy emulators - using USB sticks on ebay - Arjay, 08.05.2010, 16:43
        • DEATH / HxC SD card floppy emulator / Virtual Floppy Drive - DOS386, 13.05.2010, 03:51
  • FYI: DEATH (again, after cca 30 years) - Rugxulo, 08.05.2010, 13:35
    • FYI: DEATH (again, after cca 30 years) - Arjay, 08.05.2010, 13:55
  • floppyem.sys - config.sys Floppy Emulator device driver - Arjay, 08.05.2010, 18:03
    • floppyem.sys - config.sys Floppy Emulator device driver - rr, 08.05.2010, 21:12
      • floppyem.sys - config.sys Floppy Emulator device driver - Arjay, 09.05.2010, 00:39
  • FDD emulator - Vehudis, 09.05.2010, 08:46
    • FDD emulators - fakedisk (read-only) + DF-IFS (read/write) - Arjay, 09.05.2010, 12:27
  • FYI: DEATH (again, after cca 30 years) - roytam, 09.05.2010, 09:48