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Posted by Don McKenzie on April 26, 2010, 4:02 pm
Sony to discontinue 3.5 inch floppy disk
April 24, 11:34 PMJapan Headlines ExaminerJoshua Williams
Sony announced on April 23rd that they will be discontinuing sales of
the classic 3.5 inch floppy disk in Japan in 2011. The news marks a
major end to a nearly three decade history of the disk type that the
company helped to pioneer.
According to Sony, they introduced the 3.5 inch floppy disk size to the
world in 1981, and began sales within Japan in 1983. Sony had shipped
approximately 47 million disks within the country at its peak around the
year 2000, but that number had fallen to around 8.5 million by 2009,
Sankei News reported.
http://www.examiner.com/x-16352-Japan-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m4d24-Sony-to-discontinue-35-inch-floppy-disk-in-Japan
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Posted by larwe on April 26, 2010, 4:57 pm
> Sony announced on April 23rd that they will be discontinuing sales of
> the classic 3.5 inch floppy disk in Japan in 2011. The news marks a
Hardly "death of the 3.5 inch floppy disk" to announce that one vendor
will stop making them. Even 5.25" DSDD media and some 8" formats are
still in production, as well as 3" flippies.
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Posted by Don McKenzie on April 26, 2010, 5:57 pm
larwe wrote:
>
>> Sony announced on April 23rd that they will be discontinuing sales of
>> the classic 3.5 inch floppy disk in Japan in 2011. The news marks a
>
> Hardly "death of the 3.5 inch floppy disk" to announce that one vendor
> will stop making them. Even 5.25" DSDD media and some 8" formats are
> still in production, as well as 3" flippies.
Hi Lewin,
Considering Sony produced the first 3.5" floppies, and currently hold
70% of the world market, and many other manufacturers have pulled the
plug, I would say death is very close to describing what the usage will
be in 2011.
Some people still go to drive-in cinemas, use Betamax video format,
rotary dial phones, and Edison wax cylinders, so these aren't dead either.
Only thing that is really dead, are people that fall off the perch. :-)
Cheers Don...
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Posted by Jon on April 26, 2010, 6:15 pm
> Hi Lewin,
> Considering Sony produced the first 3.5" floppies, and currently hold 70%
> of the world market, and many other manufacturers have pulled the plug, I
> would say death is very close to describing what the usage will be in
> 2011.
> Some people still go to drive-in cinemas, use Betamax video format, rotary
> dial phones, and Edison wax cylinders, so these aren't dead either.
> Only thing that is really dead, are people that fall off the perch. :-)
> Cheers Don...
They still charge us a 'service fee' on the phone bill if we opt for touch
tone service.
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Posted by Don McKenzie on April 26, 2010, 6:31 pm
Jon wrote:
>> Hi Lewin,
>> Considering Sony produced the first 3.5" floppies, and currently hold 70%
>> of the world market, and many other manufacturers have pulled the plug, I
>> would say death is very close to describing what the usage will be in
>> 2011.
>> Some people still go to drive-in cinemas, use Betamax video format, rotary
>> dial phones, and Edison wax cylinders, so these aren't dead either.
>> Only thing that is really dead, are people that fall off the perch. :-)
>> Cheers Don...
>
>
> They still charge us a 'service fee' on the phone bill if we opt for touch
> tone service.
Just a thought.
How many kids 15 or under would know what a rotary dial is, or ever used
one?
Then, how many kids 15 or under, have ever written, or read a file
to/from a 3.5" floppy?.
Not a lot I would think.
I can't remember when I last used a floppy, must be many years. Would
have been to prop up a short leg on a table. :-)
Footnote **
I laugh when the little ones of today, have to look at the back of your
camera, after you take a picture. What did we do before they put the
screen there?
Cheers Don...
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