There are still people using floppy disks and this guy is the last distributor

You won’t believe the number of industries still using this format in the middle of 2022.

Now almost everything is distributed digitally, but decades ago they were velvet floppy disks with broken cord(this storage medium with a full storage medium 1.44MB in its most common size) and, believe it or not, still they are standing although they use it and there are already alternatives like pen drives, blu-ray and above all SSDs. For all the industries out there a single distributorFloppydisk.com still adheres to this legacy format.

“20 years ago diskette copy job“, recalls Tom Persky, the owner of the portal: “I never thought that one day I would just sell them”. Because at the time, in 1990the art of copying them”how to print moneyThe jump was pretty organic, because when the last floppy disk was made, Persky was there to get hold of it… and millions “keep the passion alive” of these.

That’s why it’s known as “today”.last man standing It’s in the floppy business.” We read about this in The Register in an article about a book called Floppy Fever: The Bizarre Aftermath of a Resilient EnvironmentIt’s a movie that both Persky and other artists and fans of outdated storage media look back on to consider. It seems a lot of people ask “last man”. why do you keep selling themand often jokes: “I forgot to get off work.”

Senior gossip aside, what is surprising is that his business is still going strong and they continue to do so today. sell lots of floppy disks. For example, there are many computers and devices in the world’s healthcare systems that need them. Seems like embroidery machines, Moreover; and Persky, “probably half of the world’s air fleets They are 20 years old and their aircraft systems still use floppy disks.” Please note that up to 2019 the US defense force still uses floppy disks for their nuclear arsenals…

This gives reason to reflect on the conceptual resistance of the format, but it should be kept in mind that they stay together. 250MB upper limit capacity was easy to damage due to their flexible nature and read and write speeds they would be helpless Compared to the current standard. No… Perhaps it is our nostalgia and the problems of the earliest computerized systems that resist the most. to update.

It’s clear that the time has come Tom Persky’s business will have to closebut it is he who understands that this moment will come. in about four years. But one day, the governments and military services of the world, your computer systems, who will miss the floppy disk? If you want to cherish the nostalgia you will have now, be sure to drop by this juicy piece of companion. have fun He talks about the mystery of floppy disk 22 on Monkey Island…

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