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Chad Waters via plug on 16 Dec 2025 12:22:33 -0800
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- From: Chad Waters via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- To: PLUG Mailing List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Subject: [PLUG] Floppy Drive
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:22:23 +0000
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Hey,
What's the status of floppy drive kernel modules these days? Can I just grab any USB FDD from Amazon? I found A LOT of 3.5 floppies at my Dad's house recently and want to see if there's anything worth savaging.
Really cool finds among them:
Duke Nukem
Starflight (5.25 floppy)
Next project: I have his first "laptop": a beast of a Toshiba Pro 430CDT (Pentium Intel Inside!). I'll try powering it up and see if I can do anything with it.
Thanks
-Chad
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