superkret@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agoI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)feddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square224fedilinkarrow-up1498arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1471arrow-down1external-linkI was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only)feddit.orgsuperkret@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square224fedilinkfile-text
minus-square____@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 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)