rlf9 wrote:
> >Subject: Re: 1.44 disks for plus (new user :-)
> >From: John Koen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >
> >On Wednesday, May 22, 2002, at 11:56 PM, rlf9 wrote:
> >
> >> There ought to be some 800k floppies available around your part of the
> >> world. Maybe in eastern Europe?
> >
> >Greece is in Southern Europe, and Athens in the southern part of the
> >country (mainland, not islands). That's like saying, "There ought to be
> >some 800k floppies not too far from Philadelphia. Maybe in Maine or
> >South Carolina?" I guess he could look around in Egypt, it's about as
> >close. Although why would there be old Macs in Eastern Europe anyway?
> >
> Cripes, John--
Hello Bob F!
I believe that John was kidding, and didn't want to insult you! But he is
true about the distances! Although
Greece may seem small (compered of course to the US), it's actually a big
(or it seems to me that Greece
is big :-) country! It is rather difficult to search all of the Greece,
whatever you are looking for! And it is
even more difficult to search in the eastern europe. It is not that easy for
many reasons (among others,
because of different language, border tolls,
not-knowing-where-to-begin-searching(!) problem, etc!). If you
are living in the US I believe it would be difficult to understand, but
europe (east and west) is very different,
and actualy is sort of imposible wandering around, through the countries!
But your idea would be great, if I
could move from one country to another, like an american can move from one
state to the other!
PS1: could you post the web pages of the US outlets just in case?
PS2: (half joke, half serious) It is not Macedonia, it is FYROM... :-) That
is: Former Yugoslavic Republic
Of Macedonia. There is a huge diplomatic problem about the name of this new
country between Greece
and FYROM, and it will take a lot of years to be solved! :-)
@ngelo (student of Political Science and International Politics [seriously])
>
> Not old Macs, but old PC's that take DD floppies which could then be
> reformatted for use with an ancient Mac. Eastern Europe because there are
> probably many more very out-of-date (former commie) PC boxes (and thus DD
> floppies) there than, for example, in France or Belgium etc. nowadays.
> After Googling all of Greece for online computer and office equipment
> retailers, and then researching the few of them that turned up online, it
> became obvious to me that Angelo should look beyond Greece (and Macedonia
> too). I suggested other parts of Europe because they're closer, and thus,
> shipping to him would cost less than it would from anywhere in the US--or
> say, for instance, Norway (I bet you know that's waaay up in NW Europe,
> huh John!), or I would have mentioned one or two of the US outlets from
> which even brand-new 800K floppies are readily available any time at all.
> I sure hope this answers your oh-so-clever response to my post.
>
> Bob F
>
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