# Out goes all those floppy disks

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-goes-all-those-floppy-disks/597705 "2011-09-26T21:42:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-goes-all-those-floppy-disks/597705/21 "2011-09-28T05:06:32Z")

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I found a small stack of very colorful 3.5" floppies in the back of a desk drawer at work. They really are pretty good coasters. I took them home about a year ago and used them to replace coasters in the coaster holder that I didn’t like.

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-goes-all-those-floppy-disks/597705/22 "2011-09-29T04:54:00Z")

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> [@Dag\_Otto](#):
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> Anyone want a Sony Mavica camera that records on 3.5" floppies? 850 Kilopixels if I’m reading the box right.
> 
> anyone?

Does it work? Batteries good? Lens cover, lens not scratched?

How much?

PM me.

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