Home Forums Off-topic and miscellaneous 5 1/4 inch floppy?

Have your say & ask the experts!

5 1/4 inch floppy?

10 replies [Last post]
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 3:07PM
a91gti
a91gti's picture
Offline
Joined: 9 Jul 2009
Posts: 599

Does anyone still have any of the old floppy discs? If so is there any chance i could have one?

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 3:12PM
#1
Andrew Everard
Andrew Everard's picture
Offline
Joined: 30 May 2007
Posts: 29046
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

Sort of a bit like trading, really. Please don't...

__________________

Consulting Editor, What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision/whathifi.com  Audio Editor, Gramophone

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 3:40PM
#2
a91gti
a91gti's picture
Offline
Joined: 9 Jul 2009
Posts: 599
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

If thats trading you might as well delete the thread old thing.

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 3:47PM
#3
Clare Newsome
Clare Newsome's picture
Offline
Joined: 4 Jun 2007
Posts: 13733
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?
andrewknight:
Does anyone still have any of the old floppy discs? If so is there any chance i could have one?



Several on eBay for under £1....
__________________

Group PR Manager - Computers Unlimited;

Former Group Editor of What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision and Whathifi.com

Twitter: @ClareNewsome

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 3:58PM
#4
bigboss
bigboss's picture
Offline
Joined: 25 Mar 2009
Posts: 9440
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

Gosh!! That's the oldest portable recordable disc that I can remember!!!! They were so thin & delicate.............couldn't use them more than 2-3 times............you still have one of those floppy drives?????

__________________

My Home Cinema  Pioneer KRP 500A, Yamaha RX-V1900, MA Radius R225HD LCR, R90HD rears, AW12 sub, Panasonic BD60, PS3, Boxee Box, Sky HD, Boxee Box, Logitech Harmony One, Logitech PS3 Adapter, Sonos ZP90

Bedroom Samsung UE32C6510, PS3 slim white, Apple TV, Sonos S5, Sonos ZP90, Audioengine 2, Oppo OPDV971H

Miscellaneous: Synology DS212J + 2 X WD Red 2TB drives, WD 1TB NAS, Sonos ZoneBridge, BT HH3 as modem & AirPort Extreme router

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 4:18PM
#5
Tonya
Tonya's picture
Offline
Joined: 9 Sep 2008
Posts: 526
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

I still have a Commodore 128D which used to use this format, but alas no disks.
If memory serves me (!), there were in fact 8" floppy disks knocking around as well, but they lost popularity when the 5 1/4 ones were launched in late 1976.

__________________

Audio/video engineer based in Norway Cool

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 6:18PM
#6
a91gti
a91gti's picture
Offline
Joined: 9 Jul 2009
Posts: 599
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

Indeed, several on ebay but I'm having an argument with them that may take a while to conclude.
Seemed perfectly reasonable to ask as I'm not offering anything for trade or trying to buy/sell anything.
As for my reason for wanting one I have read that the disc inside can be cut to shape and used as a most effective cd mat. Seems worth a punt to me, the "proper" ones are expensive.

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 10:02PM
#7
barnsleydave
barnsleydave's picture
Offline
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 664
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

In my first job as a trainee programmer we copied the application onto 8" floppies.  It ran on C-DOS.

__________________

Pioneer KRP-600A, Pioneer LX81, Pioneer LX08, Harman Kardon HK990, Harman Kardon HD990, Sonos (ZP90 & S5), Arcam rdac, Tannoy Revolution Signature DC6 Speakers, Sunfire HRS 12 sub, Various Chord Cables, Xbox, Sky HD.

Top
Sun, Nov 22 2009, 10:09PM
#8
gpi
gpi's picture
Offline
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
Posts: 1073
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

My wife was intrigued by this thread title and was disappointed when I opened it. Wink

Top
Mon, Nov 23 2009, 4:08PM
#9
Tonya
Tonya's picture
Offline
Joined: 9 Sep 2008
Posts: 526
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?

Good one, gpi !  (insert schoolboy snigger FX here).
Wish I had thought of that . . . .


. . . . and just for pre-emptative reasons, I shall add :  "You will, Oscar, you will!"

__________________

Audio/video engineer based in Norway Cool

Top
Mon, Nov 23 2009, 6:27PM
#10
gpi
gpi's picture
Offline
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
Posts: 1073
Re: 5 1/4 inch floppy?
Tonya:

Good one, gpi !  (insert schoolboy snigger FX here).
Wish I had thought of that . . . .


. . . . and just for pre-emptative reasons, I shall add :  "You will, Oscar, you will!"



Are you being a tad sarcastic by any chance? Shock) My wife also saw the video 'The Big Red One' in the video store and again was disappointed when I explained it was a war film.
Top