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  Re: Re: Today in History - 19
  By: Grant Weasner to Richard Falken on Fri Aug 25 2023 01:41 am

 > There is no need to not have floppies, its like why do we need Polaroid film
 > They are still being used and I hear making a resurgence.

Actually, floppies are still being used for industrial applications. Airlines
that use floppies to update navigation systems are buying them in spades.

As of late, some companies have started investing in floppy emulators. THat's
right: you have a fake floppy you instert in the floppy reader, and then you
attatch an USB drive or something to the fake floppy. That way you get to use
your old machinery without having to buy more floppies.

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