Cotty wrote: > Malc, external USB floppy disk drives can be purchased and > will work on a Mac as well as a PC. May I make a suggestion? > If you have a computer, I would hope that you would be > backing up at the very least all the user data you create?
Oh yes! Having learnt the hard way, once a week I back up my files to ZIP discs - chosen as they are simple and quick to back up too. External floppy drives are still available new? Great, I'll be next door to a computer shop on Sunday, I'll take a mooch. > And preferably backing up the whole lot, say on an external > drive or whatever. If you do so, why the need for a floppy > drive or indeed the floppy disks? It's either that or 5.5 inch floppies, some of my friends have yet to get computers with CD drives. So I use floppy discs. One of them refuses to get internet connected because the net is full of viruses. It's not all cutting edge stuff you know! This machine has a multi-card reader, DVD,CD,ZIP and floppy drive. I was not impressed to be told I couldn't have a 5.5 inch drive. I have stacks of those, including a copy of Windows v2.0, in those dark days before the launch of 3.1 which made it famous. I collect and enjoy using old software. Someone has too ;-) > I have a Zip (100) drives in my PowerBook, and we have an > external Zip 100 knocking about somewhere, but to be honest > they do not get used very much at all, and when I get a > wireless LAN set up in the house, they will be almost obsolete. You're years ahead of me. > However, to each their own. Floppies can still be used in > this day and age, Mac or PC. No problem. You can even still > buy an internal one and fit it in your computer, just like > they used to <g>. Fine. I don't much like modern computers, even though I can now use them quite well. In this respect, I would be better off with a Mac for myself, so I can concentrate on my hobby and not the computer. Thanks, M
