subject: Transferring Floppy Discs Don't Mean They Still Aren't an Undying Icon [print this page] Transferring Floppy Discs Don't Mean They Still Aren't an Undying Icon
Floppy discs have been around since 1971. Coming out as the first source of digital storage, they were universally popular. With the high demand to transfer floppy discs, the iconic unit of storage will never completely go away.
Computer lovers, business owners, and writers around the world couldn't wait to get their hands on an 8" floppy disc of their favorite color. Patrons who used computers religiously could now utilize there information in a better way. Now they could take their pictures, graphs, documents, and number crunching anywhere. Instead of coming up with hard work and it being stuck in a box in their home or office, they were transferring floppy discs from place to place.
You may have realized by now that the "save" icon on your mac or Microsoft applications are a blue floppy disc. There are even debates on the internet as to why these old floppies are still used for signaling "save". With more and more people transferring floppy discs to CDs and onto their computers it's not too difficult to see why people are confused that the outdated icon has stuck around for so long. However, if you really think about it, it does make sense.
Floppy discs were standard. So standard they only had a few colors and few sizes. Although these sizes changed many times over the course of 15 years, their shape remained the same. They were thin and square, easy for a symbolic icon on your computer or phone. More than their symbol being easy to determine and use, they were the first of their kind. Almost everyone, no matter the age, knows what floppy discs are. Whether you've gone through the transfer of floppy discs or still use them to save games at your grandma's house, you know what they are.
Transferring floppy discs doesn't mean they're forever dead. Floppy discs were a major break-through in technology and will always be known as the first memory transfer devices of their kind. The invention of floppies lead to a whole new wave of memory storage.
Hard discs
Compact discs
Memory Cards
USB flash drives
External hard drives
The items mentioned above are truly a testament to how hard computer techs worked on creating the floppy discs. If you are soon going to be transferring floppy discs of your own onto one of these devices you may want to save a few. If you have an 8" floppy disc, it was the first of its kind. If you have a 5.25" or 3" floppy disc, save a few, these were most common but still may be valuable. Also, if you have a 2" floppy disc save that as well as it wasn't as common and one of the last made. Think about this, if you had one of the first telephones or cell phones ever made, would you keep them? They are iconic and may be worth money someday. The little icon that you click every time you save your work, holds a great legacy that will be around forever.
