Re: [PLUG] Floppy Drive

[Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Yes, I believe the floppy should "just work", appearing as /dev/sdx.

I had a copy of Starflight back in the 1960's.  It took advantage of my 
new-fangled VGA video system.  I enjoyed it quite a bit.


BTW, playing with old computers is one of my passions.  Take a look at 
my museum: 
https://www.nerdworld.org/Content/Computer%20Museum/Computer%20Museum.html

Casey

On 12/16/25 3:22 PM, Chad Waters via plug wrote:
> 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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