On 08/30/2011 09:02 AM, Chris Adams wrote:
It isn't why I use floppies under Linux, but my mother's very
expensive
computerized embroidery machine uses floppies to transfer patterns.
There are still things in the real world that exclusively use floppy
disks, and they aren't going away as rapidly as some seem to think.
I feel your pain; a lot of perfectly good lab equipment has floppies
too, but whenever practical, I'd recommend a USB floppy drive emulator
from ipcas or
http://www.rioc.us/ufr-usb-floppy-replacement.php or
http://www.floppytousb.com/