From owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Sun Dec 3 17:17:44 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DB7EE5715F for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rebecca@bluestop.org) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 326EE7F5E2 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rebecca@bluestop.org) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 2EF1BE5715D; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:44 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: arch@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C8B5E5715C for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rebecca@bluestop.org) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (muon.bluestop.org [74.50.51.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0623E7F5E0 for ; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rebecca@bluestop.org) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85BD63B36A; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.bluestop.org ([127.0.0.1]) by muon.bluestop.org (muon.bluestop.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id ycDqBoOmi2gE; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [IPv6:2607:fb90:4d1e:e3b8:35bd:eea1:87f9:3993] (unknown [IPv6:2607:fb90:4d1e:e3b8:35bd:eea1:87f9:3993]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sun, 3 Dec 2017 17:17:36 +0000 (UTC) Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Deprecating / Removing floppy drive support From: Rebecca Cran X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (15C114) In-Reply-To: <201712031655.vB3GtIME041023@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 10:17:34 -0700 Cc: Hans Petter Selasky , Eitan Adler , "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" Message-Id: References: <201712031655.vB3GtIME041023@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2017 17:17:44 -0000 On Dec 3, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > That being said, even an old crusty fart like me only has had to deal > with a 1.44 MB floppy in nearly a year, but I was very glad that I COULD > deal with it using my prefered OS. It looks like some software licensing still used them as recently as 2014 (I= personally had to use floppy disks at work back in 2009 to transfer our FLE= Xlm licenses): https://docops.ca.com/ca-plex/7-2-1/en/using/how-to-use-group= -model-and-local-model-licensing-in-ca-plex/how-to-make-a-floppy-disk-licens= e-transfer =E2=80=94=20 Rebecca Cran=