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14 Forgotten Technologies That Tried To Replace The Floppy Disk #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #floppydisk #archivetechnology #datastorage #obsoletegadgets #retrotech
14 Forgotten Technologies That Tried To Replace The Floppy Disk
Antiquated disk media is rarer than ever, but floppy disks were once all the rage. These would-be floppy stand-ins, however, haven't survived in public memory.
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October 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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Curiosity — Found this gadget at one of my local thrift shops. It is a Dr. Scholl’s Shoe Size Detector from 1915 — spring loaded to measure the inside length of a shoe.

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Antique tool for measuring the inside length of a shoe. Now obsolete since standard measurements, but still could may have had uses for travellers buying shoes in other countries in a hurry,
February 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM