LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!

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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:47:31 GMT, "Bob" wrote:

>LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!

This might be actually quite useful. Good idea!


Holger

i still use my floppy drive.. it is hth most convenient way to get any
data from one pc to the next as long as the data fits on the floppy..


my ls-120 is the next easiest drive to use since it is just a super high
capacity floppy disk.. but unfortunately, not many other pcs have such
a thing..

hyubso




Holger Laux wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:47:31 GMT, "Bob" wrote:
>
>
>>LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
>
>
> This might be actually quite useful. Good idea!
>
>
> Holger

"hyubso" wrote in message
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> i still use my floppy drive.. it is hth most convenient way to get any
> data from one pc to the next as long as the data fits on the floppy..
>
>
> my ls-120 is the next easiest drive to use since it is just a super high
> capacity floppy disk.. but unfortunately, not many other pcs have such
> a thing..
>
> hyubso

Mini CD-RW with 180MB capacity is the new floppy. Its rare to find a PC
without a CD-ROM, unless you have a legacy PC.

th cdrw disk or cdr disk will never be as easy to use as a floppy or
ls-120 disk..




Pat wrote:
> "hyubso" wrote in message
> news:402BCF76.8010605@prodigy.net...
>
>>i still use my floppy drive.. it is hth most convenient way to get any
>>data from one pc to the next as long as the data fits on the floppy..
>>
>>
>>my ls-120 is the next easiest drive to use since it is just a super high
>>capacity floppy disk.. but unfortunately, not many other pcs have such
>>a thing..
>>
>>hyubso
>
>
> Mini CD-RW with 180MB capacity is the new floppy. Its rare to find a PC
> without a CD-ROM, unless you have a legacy PC.
>
>

Floppies are evil! Of no use, and terrible virus spreaders. Floppies are as
useless as laser-discs.

"Holger Laux" wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:47:31 GMT, "Bob" wrote:
>
> >LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
>
> This might be actually quite useful. Good idea!
>
>
> Holger

"hyubso" wrote in message
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> i still use my floppy drive.. > hyubso

that's a shame.

LOL! You never fail to impress me with your stupidity!

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:402C9FD5.7000808@prodigy.net...
> th cdrw disk or cdr disk will never be as easy to use as a floppy or
> ls-120 disk..
>
>
>
>
> Pat wrote:
> > "hyubso" wrote in message
> > news:402BCF76.8010605@prodigy.net...
> >
> >>i still use my floppy drive.. it is hth most convenient way to get any
> >>data from one pc to the next as long as the data fits on the floppy..
> >>
> >>
> >>my ls-120 is the next easiest drive to use since it is just a super high
> >>capacity floppy disk.. but unfortunately, not many other pcs have such
> >>a thing..
> >>
> >>hyubso
> >
> >
> > Mini CD-RW with 180MB capacity is the new floppy. Its rare to find a PC
> > without a CD-ROM, unless you have a legacy PC.
> >
> >
>

i can't help it..

it is easier than anything else and i am too lazy to do more work than
necessary to get a job done.



Bob wrote:
> "hyubso" wrote in message
> news:402BCF76.8010605@prodigy.net...
>
>>i still use my floppy drive.. > hyubso
>
>
> that's a shame.
>
>

email also is a terrible virus spreader.. in fact, viruses are media
agnostic and love to use any and all media to spread..

Bob wrote:
> Floppies are evil! Of no use, and terrible virus spreaders. Floppies are as
> useless as laser-discs.
>
> "Holger Laux" wrote in message
> news:402b536e.676287140@news.bris.ac.uk...
>
>>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:47:31 GMT, "Bob" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
>>
>>This might be actually quite useful. Good idea!
>>
>>
>>Holger
>
>
>

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:402C9FD5.7000808@prodigy.net...
> th cdrw disk or cdr disk will never be as easy to use as a floppy or
> ls-120 disk..

Yes, a floppy is easy to use, but its capacity is ridiculously too small. In
addition, floppies are fragile and prone to excessive wear. Not considered
robust enough for trusting data. While optical media is a big step forward.
If Mt. Rainer becomes common to all Operating Systems, then CD's will have
succeeded. In the interim, I rarely use my floppy drive.

Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
spake unto us, saying:

>Floppies are evil! Of no use, and terrible virus spreaders. Floppies are
>as useless as laser-discs.

I still find them useful as emergency tools (I use Partition Magic and
Drive Image from floppy at times, though I normally boot to a DOS drive
on the partition instead).

They're also useful for those machines which don't have a BIOS that
allows booting from CD (it's hard to do an OS installation otherwise).

Viruses aren't really an issue unless one is using a system vulnerable
to such, and on x86 that's pretty much limited to DOS and Windows.

--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN
OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment.
See web site above for resume/CV and background.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 18:54:00 -0600, rsteiner@visi.com (Richard
Steiner) wrote:

> [...]
>They're also useful for those machines which don't have a BIOS that
>allows booting from CD (it's hard to do an OS installation otherwise).

And, IIRC, at least still Win98 SE requires a floppy (plus a floppy
drive, of course) for an emergency boot after the system has crashed.
Don't know whether the newer Windozes still deal with floppies.

Reg's,

Hans

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USB flash drive, 128MB $20.

"hyubso" wrote in message
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> i can't help it..
>
> it is easier than anything else and i am too lazy to do more work than
> necessary to get a job done.
>
>
>
> Bob wrote:
> > "hyubso" wrote in message
> > news:402BCF76.8010605@prodigy.net...
> >
> >>i still use my floppy drive.. > hyubso
> >
> >
> > that's a shame.
> >
> >
>

Only if your dumb enough to actually get a virus via email! So you most
likely are, and do

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:402EAE10.5050504@prodigy.net...
> email also is a terrible virus spreader.. in fact, viruses are media
> agnostic and love to use any and all media to spread..
>
> Bob wrote:
> > Floppies are evil! Of no use, and terrible virus spreaders. Floppies are
as
> > useless as laser-discs.
> >
> > "Holger Laux" wrote in message
> > news:402b536e.676287140@news.bris.ac.uk...
> >
> >>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:47:31 GMT, "Bob" wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
> >>
> >>This might be actually quite useful. Good idea!
> >>
> >>
> >>Holger
> >
> >
> >
>

Boot from a CD! You DO NOT NEED an "emergency" floppy! YIKES!

"Richard Steiner" wrote in message
newsMsLApHpvipC092yn@visi.com...
> Here in comp.os.geos.misc, "Bob"
> spake unto us, saying:
>
> >Floppies are evil! Of no use, and terrible virus spreaders. Floppies are
> >as useless as laser-discs.
>
> I still find them useful as emergency tools (I use Partition Magic and
> Drive Image from floppy at times, though I normally boot to a DOS drive
> on the partition instead).
>
> They're also useful for those machines which don't have a BIOS that
> allows booting from CD (it's hard to do an OS installation otherwise).
>
> Viruses aren't really an issue unless one is using a system vulnerable
> to such, and on x86 that's pretty much limited to DOS and Windows.
>
> --
> -Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie,
MN
> OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist
Heaven!
> Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment.
> See web site above for resume/CV and background.

ls-120 disk, 128MB, $5.00


alos, the usb flash drive requires drivers to be installed even on
win98. so the flash drive i have requires that i take the driver
installation cd with me if i want to use the usb flash drive on another
pc with win98.

.. not so the ls-120 or floppy drive

well, i guess we could upgrade all those other pcs to a newer verison of
windows.. that would make the usb flash drive easy to use.. but in the
end we have a huge mountain of discarded PCs...







Bob wrote:
> USB flash drive, 128MB $20.
>
> "hyubso" wrote in message
> news:402EADC7.6000800@prodigy.net...
>
>>i can't help it..
>>
>>it is easier than anything else and i am too lazy to do more work than
>>necessary to get a job done.
>>
>>
>>
>>Bob wrote:
>>
>>>"hyubso" wrote in message
>>>news:402BCF76.8010605@prodigy.net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>i still use my floppy drive.. > hyubso
>>>
>>>
>>>that's a shame.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

oh, ha ha ha..

my norton catches most all...

plus email filtering leaves a lot on prodigy's servers, where they are
dumped before ever reaching my pc.





Bob wrote:
> Only if your dumb enough to actually get a virus via email! So you most
> likely are, and do
>
> "hyubso" wrote in message
> news:402EAE10.5050504@prodigy.net...
>
>>email also is a terrible virus spreader.. in fact, viruses are media
>>agnostic and love to use any and all media to spread..
>>
>>Bob wrote:
>>
>>>Floppies are evil! Of no use, and terrible virus spreaders. Floppies are
>>
> as
>
>>>useless as laser-discs.
>>>
>>>"Holger Laux" wrote in message
>>>news:402b536e.676287140@news.bris.ac.uk...
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:47:31 GMT, "Bob" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
>>>>
>>>>This might be actually quite useful. Good idea!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Holger
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

I didn't know Norton still made a DOS AV app.

"hyubso" wrote in message
news:40301140.3020409@prodigy.net...
> oh, ha ha ha..
>
> my norton catches most all...
>
> plus email filtering leaves a lot on prodigy's servers, where they are
> dumped before ever reaching my pc.
>
>
>
>
>
> Bob wrote:
> > Only if your dumb enough to actually get a virus via email! So you most
> > likely are, and do
> >
> > "hyubso" wrote in message
> > news:402EAE10.5050504@prodigy.net...
> >
> >>email also is a terrible virus spreader.. in fact, viruses are media
> >>agnostic and love to use any and all media to spread..
> >>
> >>Bob wrote:
> >>
> >>>Floppies are evil! Of no use, and terrible virus spreaders. Floppies
are
> >>
> > as
> >
> >>>useless as laser-discs.
> >>>
> >>>"Holger Laux" wrote in message
> >>>news:402b536e.676287140@news.bris.ac.uk...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:47:31 GMT, "Bob" wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>LOL! Wow! Comes with a FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
> >>>>
> >>>>This might be actually quite useful. Good idea!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Holger
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
>