Re: Softdisk

["Steve Q" <sqnospam@superbio.notrash>]

"Bruce Baker" <Bruce.Baker@juge.com> wrote in message
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> worked.  One thing though they are slower than 3.5's this is one reason to
put
> them on 3.5's.  I can't use CD-R's on my Apple II though.  Sure CD's could
be
> backup, but these 3.5's are to be backups that I can use.

Put it like this, Bruce:  You may not be able to use CD-Rs on your Apple II
(I have the same problem), but you can preserve your data on CD-Rs that can
be read across a network.  I hang a ZIP drive off the back of my Quadra, and
I dump my old Apple II stuff to a ZIP disk.  As I don't yet have a burner
for my Macs, I take my ZIPs to a friend, who dutifully burns 'em to a CD for
me, and voila, I've cleared out tons of shelf space.  Like some of the other
comments that were made about entropy's taking its toll on all media, I keep
copies of these CDs, just in case of accidents or disasters.