Re: I wonder if it would be complicated to design...

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Steve Nickolas <usotsuki@buric.co> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 May 2013, ivan@ivanexpert.com wrote:
> 
>> I don't get this obsession with low-capacity CF cards. You can buy a 4 >
>> GB microSD card (which could be put in a CF card adapter, were you so >
>> inclined) for $5 shipped on dealnews right now.
> 
> ...I'm old-school.  I like to do things the old-school way.  I don't want
> "modern", I just want to use regular drives. =P
> 
> There's just something about using FLOPPY DISKS, and I can still source
> the 3.5" ones easy enough, as well as the drives.
> 
> Besides... if I burn out a floppy I lose less data than if I burn out a flash drive.
> 
> -uso.

1.  5.25" floppies and drives are still plentiful and are easy to keep
running (and a lot more reliable than 3.5" drives).

2. Flash drives are trivial to keep backed up six ways from Sunday. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon