LOL!!
I actually have two boxes of unused 5-1/4 floppy disks and a number of
those old Compaq 8080 sewing machine portables. With all the shielding in them
they make excellent controllers for sensitive test equipment, so I have an HP
GPIB interface card in one of them, a number of spare rives, and the test disk
for aligning the head..
These days I would be inclined to look for a GPIB to USB adapter. They
probably have those by now.
At a place I worked at many years ago I could put a whip antenna on a
spectrum analyzer and be able to tell you whose laptop was turned on by way of
the noise. You simply cannot use those things in a test equipment environment,
and certainly not in a screen room for EMI testing.
>
>Unbelievable! How about this. I've got some 5-1/4 floppy disks with
>MS-DOS 5 (even MS-DOS 6 if you want to risk it). You could then pick
>up a 300 baud modem and dial-up only BBS systems (I'm assuming they
>still exist). For payments, you can write them a check and mail it.
>
>
>This and a COSTCO sized pallet of tin foil may be the only thing that
>saves us!
>
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