superkret to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 months agoI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)imagemessage-square225fedilinkarrow-up1501arrow-down128
arrow-up1473arrow-down1imageI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)superkret to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square225fedilink
minus-square____@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoSell them to someone who will test and resell them to the airline or medical industry… Manufacturing is a likely customer as well, plenty of legacy equipment there that’s airgapped and still running decades-old hw/sw. Youtube warning, some Boeing 747s Recent BBC article (This is a wrong answer since you only have a single pack. If you had several cases, you might actually be able to make a buck)
Sell them to someone who will test and resell them to the airline or medical industry… Manufacturing is a likely customer as well, plenty of legacy equipment there that’s airgapped and still running decades-old hw/sw.
Youtube warning, some Boeing 747s
Recent BBC article
(This is a wrong answer since you only have a single pack. If you had several cases, you might actually be able to make a buck)