Sony (last remaining manufacturer) has officially pulled the plug on making 3.5″ floppy disks.

Brings back some memories –

• My first memories of a PC bring back memories of engineering college too. The PC at home, the people I learnt C/C++ from, the CNC lab where I spent a lot of time, etc. All these memories are intertwined with the floppy experience (the 5 1/4″ variant to begin with)
• Abort / Retry / Fail – the dreaded message!
• 13 disks of Windows OS …the pleasures of installing 🙂
• GrandPrix / Civilization / Majjige (forget the actual name) …how can you seperate the games from the PC!

Is it surprising that Sony was pursuing with the floppy business only because of the Japanese market (which still consumed 12 mil last year)?