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We spoke with the last person standing in the floppy disk business

Posted by ignorabimus
Tags: duplicate post, usa, business, hardware, storage.data, formats, disks.floppy, tom persky, floppydisk dot com, recycling, retail.online, websites, interviews, author.niek hilkmann, author.thomas walskaar, source.aiga, long read
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Published
Sep 12 2022
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6 comments

  1. [6]
    BeanBurrito
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    George R.R. Martin will always be a customer. He writes his books on a DOS computer ( no internet connection ) and sends his output to his publisher via a floppy.

    George R.R. Martin will always be a customer. He writes his books on a DOS computer ( no internet connection ) and sends his output to his publisher via a floppy.

    2 votes
    1. [4]
      updawg
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      We'll never get the rest of that series.

      We'll never get the rest of that series.

      7 votes
      1. [3]
        ACEmat
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        I thinking using "writes" in the present tense is incorrect.

        I thinking using "writes" in the present tense is incorrect.

        4 votes
        1. [2]
          Hobofarmer
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          Frankly, what reason does he even have at this point to finish the series? He's earned his keep already, the TV series and hype are over, and while it's still going somewhat with House of the...

          Frankly, what reason does he even have at this point to finish the series? He's earned his keep already, the TV series and hype are over, and while it's still going somewhat with House of the Dragon, it's nowhere near as popular as it once was.

          He's doing the writers equivalent of quiet quitting.

          1 vote
          1. CptBluebear
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            He will also never redeem the plot. Nothing will live up to the hype people will self insert even if he'd shadow drop it.

            He will also never redeem the plot. Nothing will live up to the hype people will self insert even if he'd shadow drop it.

    2. redwall_hp
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      I think that's mostly due to using WordStar. I'm sure he could move to using dosemu or some other substitute to run that, and send the files some other way, if push came to shove. There are also...

      I think that's mostly due to using WordStar. I'm sure he could move to using dosemu or some other substitute to run that, and send the files some other way, if push came to shove.

      There are also newer attempts at reimplementing WordStar's interface, such as WordTsar.

      1 vote