Pretty sure you can do that with a USB memory stick.Hobie-wan wrote:Old PC set to power on after power failure + floppy = LIESNiode wrote:They are completely useless, there is absolutely no need for them in this day and age.
Marurun wrote:Don’t mind-shart your pants, guys
Hey, the law is the law.Niode wrote:Pretty sure you can do that with a USB memory stick.Hobie-wan wrote:Old PC set to power on after power failure + floppy = LIESNiode wrote:They are completely useless, there is absolutely no need for them in this day and age.
Don't give me any of that 'legal' crap. You're only using it as a crux to defend your pointless argument.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
Whatever man, I bet your PC is running over with ROMS. There is no place for floppy disk any more, there is ALWAYS an alternative for FD. Trust me.BoringSupreez wrote:Hey, the law is the law.Niode wrote:
Don't give me any of that 'legal' crap. You're only using it as a crux to defend your pointless argument.
Marurun wrote:Don’t mind-shart your pants, guys
I don't have a single ROM, if you mean an image of a game. I don't do game piracy.Niode wrote:Whatever man, I bet your PC is running over with ROMS. There is no place for floppy disk any more, there is ALWAYS an alternative for FD. Trust me.BoringSupreez wrote:Hey, the law is the law.Niode wrote:
Don't give me any of that 'legal' crap. You're only using it as a crux to defend your pointless argument.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
Exactly what I'm saying. Saying "ohh but it's against the law" is just a bullshit argument. I don't know whether you're trying to play devils advocate but it's just not a good enough reason to have a floppy disk drive these days. EVERYTHING that a floppy disk can do can be done better, cheaper, faster and easier now. It's completely obsolete.Betamax001 wrote:I think all the big name games that came out on floppy have since been reissued on places such as Steam or GOG, and even as freeware, provided that the developers even still exist/care. But as far as other games go that are on floppy, I mean if you own a copy, and download it, who's to know that you didn't just make your own copy? I agree with Niode, in this day and age floppies are useless and in a modern gaming rig, completely pointless.
If you want to still use floppies, you might as well go one step further and get an old school DOS computer or something
Marurun wrote:Don’t mind-shart your pants, guys
what if you already owned like a shit load of floppy discs though? Why go through the trouble of re-downloading or buying those games?Niode wrote:Exactly what I'm saying. Saying "ohh but it's against the law" is just a bullshit argument. I don't know whether you're trying to play devils advocate but it's just not a good enough reason to have a floppy disk drive these days. EVERYTHING that a floppy disk can do can be done better, cheaper, faster and easier now. It's completely obsolete.Betamax001 wrote:I think all the big name games that came out on floppy have since been reissued on places such as Steam or GOG, and even as freeware, provided that the developers even still exist/care. But as far as other games go that are on floppy, I mean if you own a copy, and download it, who's to know that you didn't just make your own copy? I agree with Niode, in this day and age floppies are useless and in a modern gaming rig, completely pointless.
If you want to still use floppies, you might as well go one step further and get an old school DOS computer or something
This is a thread about the point of a floppy disk drive on a modern computer. Of which there is none.samsonlonghair wrote:You say "obsolete" like it's a bad thing, Niode. I love obsolete stuff.
I don't have a floppy drive on any of my modern computers, but my apple][e has three 5 1/4 inch floppy drives. It's the best damn way to play Oregon trail. What's that horrible clicking noise coming from my floppy drive? That's the sound of Mary breaking her arm.
Anyone who bashes the floppy will suffer dysentery.
Marurun wrote:Don’t mind-shart your pants, guys
You get a USB floppy drive and make disk image files of your disks. Provided they aren't corrupt. It'd be smart to do anyway, given the lifespan of the medium (or lack thereof). Once you have that, accessing the data is far faster and more convenient.noiseredux wrote: what if you already owned like a shit load of floppy discs though? Why go through the trouble of re-downloading or buying those games?
