floppy device

基本解释

The floppy drive device reads and writes data to and from floppy disks.
A 软盘驱动器软盘驱动器设备用于向软盘写入数据或从软盘读取数据。
If a floppy is not appropriate (for example, if the machine has no floppy drive), then any device that can be booted by your BIOS can be used.
如果软盘不适合（例如，如果计算机没有软盘驱动器），则可以使用能够通过 BIOS 引导的任何设备。
A boot device can be a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, a partition on a hard disk, a device on the network, or even a USB flash memory stick.
引导设备可以是软盘、CD-ROM、硬盘上的某个分区、网络上的某个设备，甚至是 USB 闪存。

And there are many game developers today who first tinkered and programmed on this device using BASIC code, tape drives and floppy discs.
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