Re:The Linux Kernel Prepares for Rust 1.77 Upgrade
by raoulkent on Sunday February 18, 2024 @05:14PM
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Just out of interest, what kind of systems do you work on if you've been using floppy discs in the last 25+ years?
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Re:The Linux Kernel Prepares for Rust 1.77 Upgrade
by cout on Sunday February 18, 2024 @06:09PM
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I think my current motherboard does not have pins for a floppy drive, but every motherboard I've owned before that does. I just kept moving the floppy drive from chassis to chassis every time I upgraded just in case I needed it. IIRC the last time I used a floppy was either to archive old data to CD-ROM or boot the computer when I couldn't find a USB thumb drive.
I do still own my first computer, an IBM PS/2 Model 50Z, which still has its original floppy drive. Other parts I upgraded -- the 286 was replaced with a 386 SX/Now!, the 30MB ESDI was upgraded to 100MB, and it now has a full 2MB of RAM. I keep the floppy drive because it reads disks that no other floppy drive has been able to read.