Why the Floppy Disk Just Won’t Die

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Why the Floppy Disk Just Won’t Die

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I still have a box of the 3 1/2 floppies. I'm surprised that the article was saying that the disks fail a lot. I can't even remember using one in the past.
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I have gotten a lot of life out of floppies. I still have a never opened box I bought for a few clients and I expect them to still be good.
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Industry has fixed this issue long ago. Somebody made a FDD to USB adapter. There are various models all with different features. The machine only sees it all as a standard floppy drive... its even slow just like one so the controls don't freak out. You put a usb in and it has folders on it... and on the unit there is a button and a number display that says what "disc" or folder is selected for the control to read. They used to be real expensive but now they can be had for 30 bux... dont know if the cheap ones are any good but I have seen several obsolete controls saved by them.
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I'm sure I've got a few of those in a box, in storage.
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