From: steven+usenet@thomsen-jones.dk   
      
   On 07/02/2026 21:36, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 16:19:17 +0100, Steven Thomsen-Jones wrote:   
   >   
   >> This sent me down a rabbit hole of seeing how much and how easy it   
   >> is to get floppy disk drives and disks these days. I had no idea   
   >> they were still so readily available! Though looks like only the   
   >> 3.5s are still desired. Could be a fun backup option for my .md   
   >> files I use for my writing...   
   >   
   > Floppy disks were never “fun” (or maybe they were, briefly, for those   
   > who had grown up with cassette tape data storage). They were slow and   
   > frequently unreliable. Optical media was far preferable for backups,   
   > once CD writers became affordable.   
      
   I started on a BBC Micro B, so moving to the 5.25 inch floppies for   
   playing Elite after waiting for the old tape loads is still a very fond   
   memory for me. The sound of them working is very nostalgic for a Gen Xer   
      
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