> Crazy to think that now there's just one disk supplier hanging on to a bulk order of floppies, supplying the whole world.
“The last person standing” is self-proclaimed, and even on quick search [0] there are other floppy disk makers, just not in the US and not answering magazine interviews. In particular Hitachi-Maxxel was outsourcing floppy disk to a chinese maker, and I’d expect that company to still be producing, but just not to the international market.
“The last person standing” is self-proclaimed, and even on quick search [0] there are other floppy disk makers, just not in the US and not answering magazine interviews. In particular Hitachi-Maxxel was outsourcing floppy disk to a chinese maker, and I’d expect that company to still be producing, but just not to the international market.
[0] https://www.indiamart.com/gagan-polymers/