Re: [PLUG] Floppy Drive

["Rich Mingin \(PLUG\) via plug" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Ooooh! I had a Toshiba Pro 360CDT way back when, I loved that awful
little brick! Chips and Tech 65555 2D decelerator! Lots of good
memories.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM Chad Waters via plug
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org> 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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