At the store where my wife works, they just replaced a Windows98 based POS system from which sales data was transferred on a weekly basis via 3.5" floppy to my 6-year-old computer from which I converted it to SQL and uploaded to a web site. Just in time, I guess.
On 4/26/10, Rich Schinnell <[email protected]> wrote: >>Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:06:55 -0400 >>From: tjpa <[email protected]> >> >>http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-brief/49505-the-end-of-an-era-sony-officially-kills-floppy-disks >> >>I recently tossed several 1,000s of them. > > > I still have a dual 5.25 and a 3.5 drive that supports 360/1.2/1.4 meg > diskettes. > Maybe I should keep it for nostalgia or when someone comes up to me > with some cherished data on an old 5.25 1.2meg floppy diskette that > they want to convert. > > Ah, progress.. > > Rich > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
