Ars Technica: For context, it's been 20 years since floppy disks were in their prime and 53 years since they debuted

For context, it's been 20 years since floppy disks were in their prime and 53 years since they debuted

Japan wins 2-year “war on floppy disks,” kills regulations requiring old techarstechnica.com But what about fax machines?

25 years ago CD-RW became popular and Macs had already stopped shipping with floppy drives. Floppies were in their prime 25-30 years ago. 20 years ago they were already obsolete.

20 years ago they were still a highly effective way to transport homework to and from the school PC lab. The real death knell was the reliable USB flash drives that started becoming common around 2006.

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*coughing*30 years*coughing*

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