I dont know about the rest of you but this list has turned into a soap box for 'computer experts'. Why does a simple question have to turn into a reason for everyone to share their vast knowledge of computers. I personally don't give a rats ass what you all THINK about floppy drives. The guy had a simple question that deserved a simple answer.
I don't care what you think about keyboards, floppies, etc. Have some consideration for the other people on this list who don't appreciate your time wasting junk mail. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Congdon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 7:09 PM Subject: RE: no floppies? > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > Click the Register link and sign up today > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > >Just an editorial comment: If floppies were not reliable, they wouldn't > >have been around so long. > > > >-John > > Actually, it's more like....Well, this is what computers have had for a long > time (read: It's a Standard). So, we'll keep making them. > Seriously...Compare the computer at your desk to the one you may have had > back 10 years ago. Aside from the case, power supply, and general layout of > the PC, what's the same? Just your floppy drive. I personally find floppy > drives to be an annoying dinosaur that won't die. It's an extremely old > technology. One that has changed very little over time since it was > invented. The Apple II's I used in High School in the late '80s had 3.5" > drives (They were only 800K, but they were still 3.5" drives). The other > standard that won't die is the keyboard. I've been told (now maybe this is > only an urban legend...) that IBM purposely invented the QWERTY keyboard to > slow down typists. Seems they were having problems with the typewriters > jamming because people typed too fast. If a Dvorak keyboard is faster and > more efficient, why don't we use it? QWERTY is standard, that's why... Just > like the 3.5" Floppy. IBM tried 2.88MB 3.5"... We have ZIP, LS-120, Click! > Disks, and a host of more efficient, logically larger, physically smaller > devices (IBM just made a working 1GB hard drive the size of a compact flash > card) and we still use these stupid squares that hold less than 1.5MB (Well, > 1.6MB or so if you use certain utilities...). C'mon, seriously, just to show > how too small a floppy is, have you ever had to install Microsoft Office > 4.2c from 3.5's? It's over TWENTY floppies. MacOS 7.5 on 1.44 MB floppies is > a nightmare. Hell, the box it comes in is heavy thanks to all the disks.... > Floppies are not reliable. I've had too many of the things go bad after > written to once or twice. How about the stupid metal sheilds? Seriously, > show of hands... How many of you have had to rip the shield off to keep > using a disk? Thank goodness Maxell did something about that... ALthought it > took OVER TEN YEARS for the plastic shield to come to the market! > (Seriously, I ONLY buy Maxell now. Those plastic shields are very nice.) > > Christopher > > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message >
