Subj : Re: Today in History - 19
To   : RICHARD FALKEN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Aug 31 2023 08:16 am

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

I have heard folks talk about floppy emulators and figured that they were
talking about software that mounts disk images.  I had no idea they were
actually a fake floppy with a USB connection.  :O

Mike


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