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Generally Speaking => Power On => Topic started by: Tupin on December 11, 2008, 07:01:41 PM

Title: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Tupin on December 11, 2008, 07:01:41 PM
This laptop doesn't, and the only one that does in this house is an old Windows 95 one downstairs.

When was the last time you had a computer that had one?
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: _GanonMetroid_ on December 11, 2008, 07:02:49 PM
Mine does. It's an XP from '01. All the computers at my school do too, and they're newer. I think most laptops don't, though, but they still put them on desktops.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Shujinco2 on December 11, 2008, 07:03:51 PM
I still do. ^_^
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Spud on December 11, 2008, 07:07:44 PM
Mine does. This computer's only 2 years old...
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: えっちーせんぱい on December 11, 2008, 07:09:16 PM
My current motherboard supports them, but that's extra cables in my case, so when I switched cases, I never bothered moving the drives.

My Closet Computer has the floppy drivs, but I haven't plugged in those either.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Level_9_Chao on December 11, 2008, 07:10:06 PM
Mine has a USB attachable drive, but not built in.

Mac, you see. =P
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Tupin on December 11, 2008, 07:10:49 PM
Quote from: Shujinco on December 11, 2008, 07:03:51 PM
I still do. ^_^
Good for you, I just found all my old Apogee floppies and I don't want to lug the computer out of storage. D:

Meh, at least I have the CD-ROM version of all of the games in one AND Doom 2.  =3
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Tupin on December 11, 2008, 07:14:04 PM
Quote from: Level_9_Chao on December 11, 2008, 07:10:06 PM
Mine has a USB attachable drive, but not built in.

Mac, you see. =P
I HAVE NO FLOPPY DRIVE

I should look into getting one of those eventually, once they get cheaper and have better Vista compatibility.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Kilroy on December 11, 2008, 07:18:23 PM
I don't, I'm on a laptop. The family desktop does, though.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Lotos on December 11, 2008, 07:22:46 PM
Yup, only one in the house with one.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Red on December 11, 2008, 07:24:39 PM
Am I the only one whose laptop has one of these built in? My laptop isn't even that old, only two years.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Tupin on December 11, 2008, 07:33:47 PM
Quote from: Red on December 11, 2008, 07:24:39 PM
Am I the only one whose laptop has one of these built in? My laptop isn't even that old, only two years.
Who made it?
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Zovistograt on December 11, 2008, 07:35:47 PM
Nah, my laptop doesn't really have room for one :P

Better question: who has one of the TRUE floppy drives, one that can accept one of these beauties:
(http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.blogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/floppy8.gif&usg=AFQjCNFrmkJfvgIyi5cZN46eI34iliSclQ)
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Kingmush on December 11, 2008, 07:40:18 PM
Mine does, I think we custom ordered it to have one since my mom used to have literally a box of used and unused disks...
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Red on December 11, 2008, 07:47:17 PM
Quote from: Tuppyluver1 on December 11, 2008, 07:33:47 PM
Quote from: Red on December 11, 2008, 07:24:39 PM
Am I the only one whose laptop has one of these built in? My laptop isn't even that old, only two years.
Who made it?
It was a Toshiba I found at my local Computer shop. I wouldn't doubt it if you told me it was modded. This store gets a lot of them. But they're still the best computer store ever.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Tupin on December 11, 2008, 07:51:22 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on December 11, 2008, 07:35:47 PM
Nah, my laptop doesn't really have room for one :P

Better question: who has one of the TRUE floppy drives, one that can accept one of these beauties:
(http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.blogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/floppy8.gif&usg=AFQjCNFrmkJfvgIyi5cZN46eI34iliSclQ)
3.5's are floppy on the inside.

Anyone that has a Commodore 64 probably a 5 1/4 inch drive.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: bluaki on December 11, 2008, 07:55:34 PM
This is the newest computer I have with a floppy drive: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_5300
...which happens to be the second-newest computer in my house, not counting game systems and whatever.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: on December 11, 2008, 10:02:49 PM
No, but I have an external usb one.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: on December 11, 2008, 10:03:58 PM
Quote from: Zovistograt on December 11, 2008, 07:35:47 PM
Nah, my laptop doesn't really have room for one :P

Better question: who has one of the TRUE floppy drives, one that can accept one of these beauties:
(http://images.google.com/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://www.blogitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/floppy8.gif&usg=AFQjCNFrmkJfvgIyi5cZN46eI34iliSclQ)
My mom has one somewhere. I think it's in storage somewhere. I remember those.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: WiiGuy on December 12, 2008, 06:12:57 AM
my laptop doesn't but there are two computers that have it.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Silverhawk79 on December 12, 2008, 10:38:05 AM
Nope, but our old Compaq from 2003 does.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Mutilator7 on December 12, 2008, 02:38:21 PM
I have like a 1998 compaq with one, but that computer is never used.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Eizweir on December 12, 2008, 04:20:46 PM
Yup, and it's hidden by a cool push flap thingamajig, so you don't notice it at first glance.  ;-)
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Java on December 12, 2008, 08:45:14 PM
Actually it does. olol

I need a new computer. :[
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: PsychoYoshi on December 13, 2008, 03:41:43 PM
Nope. It's been a while...my family's really old one that we have downstairs has one, but we haven't used it seriously in 4 or 5 years.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Lotos on December 13, 2008, 03:43:46 PM
I'm on my laptop, it does not.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: Mystic on December 13, 2008, 04:09:49 PM
Mine doesn't. My parent's and my brothers' does.
Title: Re: Does the computer you are currently on have a floppy drive?
Post by: DIMENTIO1 on December 13, 2008, 07:26:09 PM
first of all, no. second, is there even such a thing as a laptop with a floppy drive built in. only thing i had that had a floppy drive was one of them e-machine desktops