Floppy drive upgrade

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Typically floppy disk

A common floppy drive upgrade for older embroidery machines is a floppy disk emulator. This is a device that emulates a mechanical floppy disk drive with a solid state or network storage device and is fully compatible with the drive it replaces.

History

Embroidery machines built from the 1970s until the mid 2000s often used a floppy disk drive to input data to the machine. When compared to newer storage technologies, floppy disks are fragile and prone to dysfunction. A floppy disk emulator can replace the legacy floppy disk drive. The floppy disk drive emulator replaces the legacy magnetic floppy disk drive, and floppy diskettes are replaced with solid state USB thumb drive sticks for a more robust data input solution.

Agilent network analyzer with Floppy To USB drive upgrade

Replacement floppy disks and floppy disk drives are not always available for industrial machinery as those devices have largely been phased out of production. However, replacing older but working machinery with new machines is generally far more expensive that a simple floppy drive upgrade option.

See also

• Floppy To USB
• Floppy disk drive