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tjrose91
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Yes, I actively use floppy drives. There's no reason it wouldn't work.

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1 minute ago, ProjectBox153 said:

Yes, I actively use floppy drives. There's no reason it wouldn't work.

i thought it was interesting especially when Microsoft took away Paint and Solitaire , a lot of legacy hardware seems to be left in the dust sadly

as i like to keep things as close to retro as possible for my Win 98 gaming pcs

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7 minutes ago, tjrose91 said:

i thought it was interesting especially when Microsoft took away Paint and Solitaire

 

They took away paint? Weird, it's still on my system... 🤔🤔🤔

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Legacy devices slow down responsiveness I have USB floppy and DVD drives that haven't been used in years...  (maybe the DVD once or twice).

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