Lindy revives the floppy drive
30/04/2007 15:05

Not too long ago, office staff up and down the UK would rely solely on floppy disks to save their valuable computer documents.

However, with the huge success of USB flash drives and rewritable DVDs, it is uncommon to find new computers built with floppy drives these days.

When computer giant Apple started making the iMac, it removed floppy drives altogether, but Lindy has clearly recognised that there is still a market for them.

That is why it has launched its new USB floppy drive, which means PC or Mac users will be able to use old 3.5-inch floppy disks on their systems.

The device is bus powered and requires no power supply, costing £29.99, which isn't too high a price for any office looking to revive old documents or photographs.

Floppy disks date back to 1952, when Japanese inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu invented magnetic and light sensors, forming the core of the technology.

He licensed 16 patents to IBM for the development of the floppy disk and in 1967, IBM gave their San Jose storage development centre the task of creating a simple and inexpensive system for loading microcode onto their 370 mainframes.

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