floppy device

基本解釋

The floppy drive device reads and writes data to and from floppy disks.
A 軟盤驅動器軟盤驅動器設備用于向軟盤寫入數據或從軟盤讀取數據。
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.
如果軟盤不適合（例如，如果計算機沒有軟盤驅動器），則可以使用能夠通過 BIOS 引導的任何設備。
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.
引導設備可以是軟盤、CD-ROM、硬盤上的某個分區(qū)、網絡上的某個設備，甚至是 USB 閃存。

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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