Remember when AOL would transmit us a floppy disk for its latest upgrade . You know , the upgrade that was compatible with the 56k dial - up modem . " favorable day , " we ’d shout as we pushed the floppy into our disk drive . The estimator would make that ugly Matrix noise as it tried to connect to the first number . Oh , Noes ! The waiter is full . Oh , Yeses ! The back - up turn worked . Ca n’t hold off to natter about Korn !
Times have change . Floppy disks have not . That ’s the problem . They are incompatible with everything . Universities and companies are stinky with floppy disks , and I ’ll play that most of us have a floppy disk or two stashed in a drawer . Well , folks , here are some ideas onhow to reprocess them .
1. Send them to Greendisk
Greendiskis a company that recycles floppy disc and aboutany sort of techno trashthat you may intend of . That entail you , Zip drive .
2. Floppy Disk Bag
Instructableshas instructions on how to ramp up a bagful out of floppy disks . Nothing say " grip made out of floppy disc " like a cup of tea made out of floppy disks .
3. Floppy Disk Notepad
This niggling convenience fromEtsy expend floppy disks as a bearer for notebook composition . It ’s really utile , pocket - sized and the floppy disc surfaces can be reused . Gearlog shows you how to make your own .
4. Use them in a DIY RAID Drive
you’re able to build a RAID drive out of what is probably considered deoxyephedrine to most . If you do n’t like that suggestion , go paste an abacus to your calculator .
5. Floppy Disk Pen Holder
Make a floppy saucer box . Put pens in . Take penitentiary out . publish on floppy record notepad . You did good . I have to get this bakshis in beforeCDs go obsolete . you may take those old , onetime floppy disks ( the actually floppy ones ) and cut them undefended . A CD orDVDwill fit in there . Wikihow tells you how .
6. Letter Holder
Mikeups , YouTube contributor , shows us how to make aletter bearer , a pen bearer and cubby fix out of floppy disc .
7. Floppy Disk Dot Com Will Buy Your Disks!
[ i]FromFloppyDisk.com : Recycling Program Extended to December 31 , 2009 . Send us your sometime diskettes and we reprocess them for enjoyment . It is not necessary to wipe off or reformat the platter . We will erase the data and reformat the floppy disk here . It ’s easy . Just send your discs to : Floppydisk Recycle Program 2620 Walnut Ave Unit D Tustin , CA 92780 - 7028 If you have 500 or more disks to recycle , we give 2 cents each for disk . Two cents per disk ? 501 disks rival $ 10.02 . That ’s seemly money for what is essentially garbage .
8. Donate them to the ACT Recycling Program
ACT is a program that employs the mentally take exception . They also recycle floppy disks . " Lend a hand and get rid of a floppy disk , " that ’s my shibboleth .
9. Turn a Floppy Disk into a USB Drive
Thomas O Connor , superintend toturn a floppy phonograph record into a USB drive .
Bonus : Make a littleStarship enterprisingness .
