Re: Floppies

[Ziggy <Ziggy@faked-address.com>]

Greg Andrzejewski wrote:

> 
> "Bible John" <john.doggett@x-files.gov> wrote in message
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>> People with new computers seem to dispise floppies.  I still use them
>> because I interface with older computers often.
>>
>> Do you guys still use floppies with your older hardware?  I'm sure if
>> your a Apple II freak you probably get very irritated when a anti floppy
>> critic tells you to toss all your floppies and dump your machine!
>>
>> How do you cope with the added irritation and how do you communicate
>> with these people?  They get to me too easily.
>>
>> John
> 
> Here at the University of Michigan floppy use is discouraged. All the new
> PC's we get (and of course all the macs) no longer include floppy drives.
> This isn't a bad thing, I think. There are much better ways now to store
> and transport files (usb sticks, cd burners, network file storage). What
> kinda irks me though is the anti-floppy propaganda, or "flopaganda" ;-)
> that's been circulating around campus. If used with care, the odds of a
> floppy disk losing your term paper are relatively small. But perhaps this
> is the best way to get through to people who bring a floppy to the
> computer lab and expect there to be equipment to read it.
> 
> It doesn't bother me, I haven't met any anti-floppy people. On the other
> hand there are some ignorant people here that think Steve Jobs is the
> greatest thing since sliced bread..... I have a different opinion.
> 
> -Greg
> 
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Id like to see you use that USB stick in a IIGS, or AtariST.. Or even an
older laptop..