Yup, I still run the 3.5" floppy disk. I got my TEAC 27L4226 USB portable drive specifically to read old 1.44MB diskettes (most of my collection were still readable!)
When I was about 12 I bought my first storage media, a 3-pack of 5.25" diskettes from Radio Shack for $20 that held 360kb each for a combined total of over 1 MB! When a 20MB hard disk could cost thousands of dollars, and here any kid with $20 could buy convenient, interchangeable media of about the same order in size. I paid $20 for the TEAC drive (new) and don't think it's worth any more, though there are lots of people begging as much as $45. Just scrounge harder. Lately I splurged $40 for a 512GB SanDisk "Ultra Fit" USB 3.1 flash device which is about the size of a "Certs" candy. I'm aware of certain CNC tools that can still load G-Code from floppy but come on, modernization is cheap & easy. All of my 3d printers utilize SD card media.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
