Floppy dies

[kami]

My trusty floppy drive has died after almost 7 years of service today. A moment of silence please.

 

[CliffC]

And now a few words,

Floppy was a friend like no other, when you needed that disk read Floppy was there. When you needed to give the Professor that term paper, Floppy was there.
When you wanted to put those icons on your PC that you got from your Bud, Floppy was there.
There was never a time that Floppy wasn't there we you needed him/her.
As we painfully disconnect Floppys data and power cables and remove him from the hallowed ground that has been his home his whole life we can only say, Floppy we love you and hope that you are going to be as happy up there in that GHZ in the sky and you were here. Amen.

Now if anyone else would like to say a few words, please step up.

 

[Elledan]

*silence*

I got a floppy-drive in this PC which is more than 8 years old

 

[konichiwa]

I buy a new floppy every time I get a new main component. Call it habit.

 

[Mday]

mine died last year, after uh, 5 years. =( buttass one has no floppy drive, buttass 2 does.

 

[Pepsi90919]

In my other machine I'm still using a 12 year old one...

 

[nullshark]

My friend has an iMac. She is floppyless.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Think of this as not the death of a friend... but as a turning point in YOUR life....

Now you can go out and buy an LS120 and be one step closer to ridding your PC of any ISA/Legacy components.

 

[ArkAoss]

floppy, how we knew thee, let us count thee ways..
1. Booting, if we needed to get to something, and motherboard was co-operating, you could help us to do it..
2. to linux, to dos, to beos, bsd, and little clips of mp3, you where loyal and tru.
I can't think of any more, i am too saddend

i have a floppy i think its bout 8-9 yrs old too

 

[thebestMAX]

I am still using the floppy that came with my 286. Have to, still cant figure out how to get those big disks in those little slots.

 

[fallenoncrack]

Whens the memorial service?

count me in

 

[yakko]

 

[kami]

Funeral is on Monday, January 22nd at 11AM

Visitation at the funeral home is tonight from 7:30-9:30 and tomorrow from 1:00-3:00.

I thank you all for your support.