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To: Disambiguator

I have yet to find a way to connect a 5-1/4” floppy drive to any motherboard made post 2006. USB adaptors for an external 5-1/4” drive also don’t seem to exist.


21 posted on 12/31/2025 12:44:47 PM PST by Gideon7
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To: Gideon7
I saw that one coming, moved all of that to CDs and 3 1/2" floppies. Both still work.

I didn't react soon enough save the junk on my 8" floppies, but nothing on those would be useful now. Well, maybe the Postscript interpreter would be cool.

22 posted on 12/31/2025 12:54:42 PM PST by GingisK
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To: Gideon7

There used to be IDE to PCI adapters around, but I haven’t looked into it for many years.


23 posted on 12/31/2025 1:00:23 PM PST by Disambiguator
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38 posted on 01/02/2026 5:41:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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