![]() Floppy disks themselves are fragile, or may need to be replaced often. įloppy disks and floppy drives are gradually going out of production, and replacement of malfunctioning drives, and the systems hosting them, is becoming increasingly difficult. Proper operation may require operating system, software and data to be read and written from and to floppies, forcing users to maintain floppy drives on supporting systems. Older equipment may be difficult to replace or upgrade because of cost, requirement for continuous availability or unavailable upgrades. Older models of computers, electronic keyboards and industrial automation often used floppy disk drives for data transfer. ![]() The front of an emulator, showing the USB data exchange port.Ī floppy disk hardware emulator or semi-virtual diskette (SVD) is a device that emulates a floppy disk drive with a solid state or network storage device that is plug compatible with the drive it replaces, similar to how solid-state drives replace mechanical hard disk drives. A floppy disk hardware emulator for a 3½ drive.
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