Floppy Drives, Paris, and Feeling Old

As circular hard drives start to disappear, yet another computer phenomena will have come and gone  in my lifetime.  Here, at the Musee d'Arts et Metiers (as recommended to us by our good friend WW) that we visited in Paris this summer is a history of all magnetic storage devices.  Proudly (sadly?), I have worked with each one pictured here at one time or another:

What's a Floppy Drive?

(Thanks to Isabelle and Irene who took the photos for me!)