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I was gifted an unopened pack of 3.5" floppy disks. What should I do with them? (wrong answers only) (feddit.org)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by superkret@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wonder what "limited lifetime warranty" means.

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[–] ____@infosec.pub 17 points 2 months ago

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)