This topic is going to just get a bunch of idiots voting for pcs because they have pcs. Sad, but true...

(Edited by Khadgar at 6:57 pm on April 5, 2006)

I made a point of getting a floppy drive on my previous computer. Had the thing for almost five years, I think. Used the drive maybe twice, ever.

(Edited by lunasantin at 4:04 pm on April 5, 2006)

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*cry* I still use floppy disks!!!!

But then again... I'd only use them on my 6 year old desktop computer. I want to get the files off it, but it has no cd burner, capability for a usb jumpdrive to work, and no connectivity to the internet. I'm just stuck, as my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, and nobody has a computer with a floppy drive anymore!!! *frustrated*

(Edited by Khadgar at 7:05 pm on April 5, 2006)

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[color=green]*cry* I still use floppy disks!!!!

But then again... I'd only use them on my 6 year old desktop computer. I want to get the files off it, but it has no cd burner, capability for a usb jumpdrive to work, and no connectivity to the internet. I'm just stuck, as my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, and nobody has a computer with a floppy drive anymore!!! *frustrated*

(Edited by Khadgar at 7:05 pm on April 5, 2006)

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If you ever go to Vancouver, jeff, I have a floppy drive and a CD/DVD burner

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I'd rather be on /b/.

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If you ever go to Vancouver, jeff, I have a floppy drive and a CD/DVD burner

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Well thanks. I doubt I'll be there any time soon, though, and if I were there, I'd probably NOT have a floppy disk with the files I want off of my old computer on person.

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Quote: from 4est at 7:09 pm on April 5, 2006

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 If you ever go to Vancouver, jeff, I have a floppy drive and a CD/DVD burner

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 Well thanks. I doubt I'll be there any time soon, though, and if I were there, I'd probably NOT have a floppy disk with the files I want off of my old computer on person.

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Couldn't you take your tower to somewhere, plus in to a LAN, and email, or IM them into your email and extract them on your laptop?

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I'd rather be on /b/.

Why you want to sell any of them is where I am lost. I have vast numbers of old PC's kicking about in one state or another. They are now proxy servers, firewalls, web servers, NAS servers...even test beds (I had windows server 2003 enterprise running quite well on a 466Mhz PII a few weeks ago).

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Couldn't you take your tower to somewhere, plus in to a LAN, and email, or IM them into your email and extract them on your laptop?

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*cry* I still use floppy disks!!!!

But then again... I'd only use them on my 6 year old desktop computer. I want to get the files off it, but it has no cd burner, capability for a usb jumpdrive to work, and no connectivity to the internet. I'm just stuck, as my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, and nobody has a computer with a floppy drive anymore!!! *frustrated*

(Edited by Khadgar at 7:05 pm on April 5, 2006)

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What do you mean no one had a floppy drive...i make sure i put one in. Decent support for USB booting has only been around for about 12 months and many people don't have machines that new. I use my floppy drive a fair old bit, in fact right now i can see a stack of about 25 disks.

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Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation
http://craigk.org/pictures/
Can you work out the code?

... If only I had a portable one sitting around. I tried direct usb to usb linking, Ethernet to Ethernet, and even a phone cord? (last ditch). A floppy drive would make things so much easier. I'm glad it's nothing of consequence.

(Edited by Khadgar at 7:26 pm on April 5, 2006)

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Except those cheesy iMacs that came without disk drives. THAT was a major flaw right there. But they mostly do a swell job, and all that. Customizable < Functionality.

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Uhh... I don't think anything since the first apple has came without any disk drives.

Most of them don't have floppy drives any more, well because floppies are not needed.

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