Larry- Floppies are a little cheaper than $60 each :-)
Andy K5VM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Benko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tom Branch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 8:10 AM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Backup Of Logbook to Floppy | Ditto for the USB drives. If you are running Windows ME, 2000, or XP | just plug the small | (.5"x1"x2" approx.) device into any USB port and voila you have another | disk drive that you | can copy files to and from. If you are running Windows 98 or 98SE I | think you need a small | device driver for the same functionality. By the way these devices are | generally know as | "Thumb drives" since they are approximately that size. Biggest problem | may be physically | misplacing the drive since it it so small. I bought a couple Sandisk | 256MB drives for about | $60 each. | | 73, | Larry, W0QE | | | Tom Branch wrote: | | >Dick, | > | >I used to use a ZIP but have since changed over to a USB Jumpdrive. I have | >a small batch file that zips the entire /save directory and copies it onto | >the jumpdrive. I have a copy of pkzip in the save directory and an icon on | >the desktop that calls this batch file: | > | >cd c:\Progra~1\dx4w603\save | >pkzip -u -x*.~?? F:\dx4win\dx4w603.zip *.* | > | >Works like a charm... | > | >73 de Tom, K4NR | > | > | > | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "Dick Flanagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Cc: "'Bud Governale'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> | >Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:54 AM | >Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Backup Of Logbook to Floppy | > | > | > | > | >>At 01:11 AM 12/11/2003, Radivoj KAR wrote: | >> >I suggest you better use the PCMCIA or USB flash memory card for backup | >> | >>I don't know how many people use ZIP drives, but a single 250 MB ZIP drive | >>will handle more QSOs than I could ever create in a lifetime. ZIP even | >>offers software that will automatically backup any file or files you | >>specify whenever those files change. Lots of options, Bud. | >> | >>73, Dick | >>-- | >>Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM | >>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >> | >> | >>_______________________________________________ | >>Dx4win mailing list | >>[email protected] | >>http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win | >> | >> | >> | >> | > | >_______________________________________________ | >Dx4win mailing list | >[email protected] | >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win | > | > | > | | _______________________________________________ | Dx4win mailing list | [email protected] | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
