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minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYou need to get with the times, grandpa. Get yourself a Zip drive.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI had the WORST luck out of those. I had a dozen zip disks go bad and 1/3 Jaz drives.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI guess the material of a floppy disc coupled with near HDD densities wasn’t a good combination. Floppies would just randomly go bad at the best of times.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt looks like you could, but probably requires you to build a kernel that supports all the old crap they took out years ago.
minus-squaredaggermoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIf they ever remove floppy support, I’ll be sad.
You need to get with the times, grandpa. Get yourself a Zip drive.
I had the WORST luck out of those. I had a dozen zip disks go bad and 1/3 Jaz drives.
I guess the material of a floppy disc coupled with near HDD densities wasn’t a good combination. Floppies would just randomly go bad at the best of times.
Do Zip drives work with Linux?
It looks like you could, but probably requires you to build a kernel that supports all the old crap they took out years ago.
If they ever remove floppy support, I’ll be sad.