> > But geez, floppies. I don't think I've used on on a Mac in years... > I have a friend who used to work for the iMation section of a company which made floppies for about a dozen distributors (including Memorex, Fuji, etc). A couple years ago they fired the entire floor staff with no option for re-hire as there was a 5-7 year supply on the market already and nobody was buying. BTW floppies are only supposed to hold their data for 5 years and I�ve had one that has held up for 7 (with some data loss where the read me would no longer open) but I made sure never to lay it flat horizontal and kept it away from heat, cold, light, moisture, and�
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