Subj : Re: Today in History - 19
To   : Richard Falken
From : Alexander Grotewohl
Date : Wed Aug 30 2023 05:45 pm

On 30 Aug 2023, Richard Falken said the following...
 
 RF> As of late, some companies have started investing in floppy emulators.
 RF> THat's right: you have a fake floppy you instert in the floppy reader,
 RF> and then you attatch an USB drive or something to the fake floppy. That
 RF> way you get to use your old machinery without having to buy more
 RF> floppies.

more likely the floppy drive is an off the shelf part just like in your PC so 
you replace the whole drive with the device. they're also used in embroidery
machines which is where i first saw them .. almost immediately after USB flash 
drives became available.

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