> http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Plaza/4918/mail.html
I guess I need to look at that Web page to see why I was never able to make
SMTPOP work on the SMTP part. But I think I prefer NetMail DOS over the
cryptic naming/numbering of POP3 download files by SMTPOP or Insight.
>360K floppies are still available at Radio Shack. I don't know if they
still make them, or whether they are just selling old over-stocked
merchandise. I haven't seen any 1.2 MB floppies for sale except at flea
markets where you can still obtain them in unopened boxes. You can get
them cheap. The same goes for 720K floppies. As for the floppy drives,
you can buy them used at flea markets at prices ranging from one dollar to
eight dollars each. 720K floppy drives are very hard to find, but if you
find any, you can usually get them very cheap provided the vendor is unaware
that 720K floppy drives are highly sought-after items.
Sam Heywood
>
Sam,
I would have thought 1.2 MB floppies would be more available than 360K floppies,
but I haven't looked recently. Why are 720K floppy drives highly sought-after?
How many computers are there currently that use 720K drives but can't use
1.44 MB drives, and how much would such a dinosaur be worth? Computer stores
don't like 720K drives because of the danger of mistaking for a 1.44 MB drive
and installing in a computer that would use the 1.44 MB drive. Then the
technician has to undo the mistake at no charge to the customer. That once
happened to me as the customer. When I described the symptoms, able to read
720K diskettes but not 1.44 MB diskettes, the technician knew immediately what
he did wrong, and came to my home to rectify the error at no charge. That same
time on a regular service run could have earned upward of $200.
