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 Message 1288 
 Mike Powell to RICHARD FALKEN 
 Re: Today in History - 19 
 31 Aug 23 08:16:00 
 
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MSGID: 1301.clascomp@1:2320/105 2955cf9d
REPLY: 745.fido_classicc@1:135/115 2954dfa4
PID: Synchronet 3.19c-Linux master/cb76b1463 Feb 20 2022 GCC 7.5.0
TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Linux master/cb76b1463 Feb 20 2022 GCC 7.5.0
BBSID: CAPCITY2
CHRS: ASCII 1
> 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.

I have heard folks talk about floppy emulators and figured that they were
talking about software that mounts disk images.  I had no idea they were
actually a fake floppy with a USB connection.  :O

Mike


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