A 1990s relic, floppy disks get second life at California warehouse


Tom Persky owner of floppydisk.com and disk trader shows off a 3.5-inch computer disk at his warehouse in Lake Forest California U.S. October 62022 in this screengrab from a Reuters TV video. REUTERSAlan Devall

Tom Persky, owner of floppydisk.com and disk trader, shows off a 3.5-inch computer disk at his warehouse in Lake Forest, California, U.S., October 6,2022 in this screengrab from a Reuters TV video. REUTERS/Alan Devall

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (Reuters) - It has been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.

Tom Persky runs floppydisk.com, a California-based online disk recycling service that takes in new and used disks before sending them onto a reliable customer base - he reckons he sells about 500 disks a day.

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