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minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoHeads will roll if my LS-120 drive stops working!
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI was devastated when I couldn’t use my floppy drives anymore.
minus-squarebitcrafter@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe Software Publishers Association has finally won: It is no longer possible to copy that floppy. :-(
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIs there somewhere to get these drivers if you want to run really old hardware?
minus-squareLavenderDay3544@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSomeone could publish them as dynamic kernel modules.
minus-squareNilz@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoRunning an older kernel isn’t an option? Otherwise compiling your own kernel with the drivers should be possible I assume.
Wait I was using one of those drivers!
Heads will roll if my LS-120 drive stops working!
I was devastated when I couldn’t use my floppy drives anymore.
The Software Publishers Association has finally won:
It is no longer possible to copy that floppy. :-(
Is there somewhere to get these drivers if you want to run really old hardware?
Someone could publish them as dynamic kernel modules.
Running an older kernel isn’t an option? Otherwise compiling your own kernel with the drivers should be possible I assume.
o well