Keep Oppo Floppy Disk...

"Boxer_4" (Boxer_4) 02/11/2017 at 16:30 • Filed to: None

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Amazingly, the disk still had all its data!

Kat Callahan > Boxer_4 02/11/2017 at 16:32

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Don’t copy that floppy!

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > Boxer_4 02/11/2017 at 16:36

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Don’t forget the 8" and 5.25" format.

S65 > Boxer_4 02/11/2017 at 17:13

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I SEE YOUR PLAYSTATION

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Boxer_4 02/11/2017 at 17:26

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A. Amazed anybody else has the ability to read floppies in this day and age! I still have a floppy drive in my spare Intel Core 2 desktop still! :P
B. How did you get such an awesome press kit? :D

Boxer_4 > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 02/11/2017 at 17:54

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I don’t have any 8" , but I do have a bunch of the 5.25” format around...

Boxer_4 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 02/11/2017 at 18:17

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A. I don’t use floppies too much any more, but they do come in handy when working on some older things. My newest computer (the hacked together desktop above) doesn’t have built in floppy, and sometimes I miss having one. One of my computers has a 5.25" floppy drive, and one is exclusively 5.25" floppy drive. Being able to move downloaded program files to them requires being able to still read floppy!

B. A friend of mine gave it to me as a Christmas gift. I have a thing for old brochures and press materials, so this was right up my alley. I believe this particular kit was for NYIAS 1997. It includes a lot of detailed information about the entire Subaru line for the 1998 model year, with everything also on floppy (1 Windows formatted disk, 1 Mac formatted disk). It even has some 35mm film slides! (Though, I think some may be missing...)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Boxer_4 02/11/2017 at 18:43

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That is epic, kudos sir! :D

Boxer_4 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 02/11/2017 at 18:54

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Thanks!

wiffleballtony > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 02/11/2017 at 20:02

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Those bigger ones are the true floppy disks.

CalzoneGolem > Boxer_4 02/15/2017 at 08:13

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I have that exact external floppy drive.

tpw_rules > Boxer_4 02/15/2017 at 17:10

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Copy everything off and upload it to the Internet Archive before it gets lost to history!

Boxer_4 > tpw_rules 02/15/2017 at 17:39

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You know, that’s a good point... and I’ve got plenty of other floppies that could stand to be backed up on there, too...