
Have lots of floppy disks (or
diskettes if you prefer) sitting around from the 90s? Are they
filled with useless drivers for computers you long since gotten rid
of? If you answered yes to either one, then you have all the
materials that you need to start making floppy [anything you want],
as long ...
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