15 Jan
2006
15 Jan
'06
7:13 p.m.
The message 20060115173147.GK18761@thebowery.co.uk from Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk contains these words:
ewwww, havn't floppy disks been banned yet?! I *hate* the wretched things. Given that blank CDs cost pennies, and USB pen drives are so cheap I can't fathom a reason why anyone would want to torture themselves by using floppy disks. (or have I been trolled?)
You've been misinformatted.
Floopies are still useful (IMO) as failsafe boot devices, running microLinuces (microLunacies?) and loading acquired old progs and data to newer machines.
I have *LOADS* of old DOS and CP/M programs and data on 3", 3.5 " and 5.25" floppies, and without a drive, these are inaccessible innit.