Do anyone still have 8 inch floppy drives?

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Serattz@reddit

I may have some in a storage my parents have. Should empty it out soon.

They had an ibm system/36 back when ages ago.

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Bits_Passats@reddit

I do have 7 at home. Once one starts, difficult to stop it is.

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jcook793@reddit

Oh don't tell me this. I bought my first one yesterday, stumbled on it at an antique mall. Huge heavy Datapoint combo hard drive with 8" floppy.

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Bits_Passats@reddit

Yes, I tell you this!
You might want one for your old computer, then you would want another one to write 8" disks from your PC in order to bring software... And from that point there's no return.

You will get addicted to the 8" trend, just wait and see...

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I have several 5 1/4" but haven't seen an 8" for years. I think the last time I used one was 1993 for a mainframe check printer. That's another point of contention because the old IT guys had control of everything. To get a printed check register took days because you had to submit a request and it had to be signed off and authorized and all that.

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ziplock9000@reddit

That's a bit personal isn't it?

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Vinylmaster3000@reddit

Some do, I met a guy at VCF who had an entire Altair/IMSAI setup and he had a legit working 8-inch disk drive. Very ancient, but it worked fine.

Makes the 5 1/4 inch version I picked up a simple toy by comparision

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FlamingBandAidBox@reddit

A lab I worked with still had them in use for a few pieces of equipment. I left the group a year ago, but they're probably still using them

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Primo0077@reddit

The electronics surplus store near me has a few that come and go surprisingly frequently. One that's there currently is from Tektronix.

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redneckrockuhtree@reddit

Yep. New in its original box.

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jfoust2@reddit

Why do you ask?

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gadget850@reddit

I have some disks.

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NorCalFrances@reddit

I still have one in a box in the garage. The disk in it is labeled, "Fortran".

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Mieleke@reddit

Yep and disks.

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TheManRoomGuy@reddit

I just ran across a Zip disk. Not sure what to do with that.

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GlennPegden@reddit

Yep, though I’ve not risked powering it up in years

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Yum_Kaax@reddit

I have a TRS-80 Model 2 (1 drive) and a Tandy 6000 (2 drives) as well as the external 3-drive bay for the model 2 with 3 drives. So that's 6 total. Plus a large stack of floppies.

The drives work inside the Model 2 and 6000, but the external bay is untested.

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