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Thorinair
Title: Sophisticated as Hell
Joined: Jul 02 2008
Location: Limbo, doing the limbo
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I recently went digging around in my garage, and found some old floppy disks. They mostly contain games, and I was going to run them via DOSBox. Problem is, I don't have a floppy drive on any computer I own. So, what I'm asking is: Do any of you have any recommendations for external floppy drives? Also, can an external drive write floppies?
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Valdronius
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Title: SydLexia COO
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: The Great White North
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Are we talking the little 3" floppy disks, or the honkin' 6" ones?
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Thorinair
Title: Sophisticated as Hell
Joined: Jul 02 2008
Location: Limbo, doing the limbo
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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I was looking for 5.25" USB drive at one point and GPF laughed at me.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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I didn't laugh. I cried a little. But I assure you, no laughing.
The last time you asked me I talked with some co-workers and one of them brought me a an old machine which is now under my desk at work with a 5.25" bay. It might even function. Next week I'll try to remember to test it out.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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I made a mod years ago, where I took the faceplate off of a Slotload DVD-Rom, and replaced the face with the front of a 5.25" floppy drive. I even made the drive light on the 5.25" drive work, by splicing it into the activity light from the DVD-rom.
I ended up selling the PC that had that mod, and I wish I still had it. It's getting hard to track down 5.25"floppy drives nowadays.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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i'll floppy your drive
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| i'll floppy your drive |
GROSS!!!
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