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1. There are still some (but few) new old-stock floppies in existence. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/floppy-disk-still-has-life

2. There are floppy emulators that replicate the functionality of floppy drives with flash

3. The above two probably absorb all of the demand today, but even if they didn't, the volume is so low that fixed manufacturing costs per unit could likely push unit prices well beyond even $50. The tooling for factories often costs millions and unless you are selling in high volume, you will have quite a high fixed cost per unit.




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