![]() ![]() In the 1990s, hundreds of thousands of industrial machines were built around floppy disks. Persky wrestled the phone from his hands and agreed to the deal. Tom received a telephone call in the early 1990s asking if he would like to purchase the domain name but refused the offer, incensed that the company of “domain-squatters” wanted $250 for the address. ![]() Tom Persky is the owner and operator of - although, were it not for his wife, he might not be. Instead it’s a product that’s alive and well in the 21st century. The floppy disk might seem like something better left in the 1990s. They’re in dire need of the disks, which most manufacturers have stopped producing. Pure data files could be transferred to a Mac (and be read there, if the file formats are compatible with available programs).When was the last time that you used a floppy disk? While still used as the save icon in modern software packages like Microsoft’s Office suite, it’s unusual to see one out in the wild. Given that a typical floppy disk offers up a minuscule 1.44MB of space - not even enough to house a three-minute pop song in MP3 format - there’s seemingly no reason for these disks to stay in circulation.īut while the average user might not have any cause to use a floppy disk, there are those out there who can’t settle for anything else. ![]() Executable files (.exe), if any, must run under DOS or Windows anyway. Any information about the kind of files (word processing, spreadsheet, etc) and perhaps the application used to create them?Īs has been indicated already, it would probably be better if you could ask someone with an older Windows PC for help. The latter would involve having a program that can handle the file format used for each file/document. Secondly, if files are detected/seen, the next step would be to try to open them. At this point, do you see any files at all on each floppy? Are you certain that the floppy disks are PC-formatted? If so, is the Windows operating system version used known? Unfortunately, the mentioned programs may not be of much use in this very case.įirst of all, you would have to find a way of detecting files on the floppy disks. Otherwise you run the risk of damaging the contents. ![]() Before you carry out any (further) attempts to read the floppies, make sure that the diskettes are locked (the tab in the write protect position). ![]()
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