Re:Why 3M Stopped Making Floppy Disks in the '90s
by yencabulator on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @04:47PM
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The electronic ones are, generally, fine.
The in-between generation of wound metal that changes how it bends based on temperature, those were too fiddly and prone to losing calibration.
Oh come on dude. Those things are crap and if you somehow break it, you end up with mercury on the floor. I watched a mover do just this when I was a kid. They were too careless with the sofa and knocked the thermostat off the wall, breaking the mercury vial inside it. It was a stupid piece of crap that had an electromechanical timer that made a ton of noise anyway.
The electronic ones are incredibly simple. The one in my house is probably 30 years old and still works fine.