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From:   Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com>
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> Actual working physical floppy hardware is getting hard to find, and
> while Willy was able to test this, I think the driver can be considered
> pretty much dead from an actual hardware standpoint.

Just for the record: I have an Ubuntu machine, still in daily use,
that has a floppy disk connector on the motherboard. The motherboard
was made in 2006 if I remember correctly and has a quad-core Intel
CPU. It has both a 3.5" and a 5.25" drive installed and they get used
every time somebody finds another pile of floppy disks in Grandpa's
garage.

I'd be happy to test floppy driver changes on this hardware if anyone
needs me to.

-Alex