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Re: Sony To End Floppy Manufacturing
« on: May 17, 2010, 01:22:13 PM »
Sorry but I'm tending to agree with scuzzb494 here.
There is nothing like the sound of that floppy drive clunk as a 3 &1/2" floppy is inserted and the subsequent tracking sound that follows.  
Like a kettle pouring into a cuppa on a freezing cold day. Or the Click/Fizz of a screw top beer cap on a scorcher. Sounds that touch the heart.

Floppies are classic.  

BTW: Correctly stored floppies have lasted for 25 years so far. I know, I have them.  So who's to say they wouldn't last another 25 years. Answer: no one or god knows.

BTBTW: Vinyl LP records are making a bit of a retro comeback. It's not for the sound quality surely.