[thechat] microsoft rant (part 2)

Ron White ronwhite at members.evolt.org
Sat Mar 23 09:01:00 CST 2002


I gots me a regular one in this here machine that I got from a PC shop in
Jupiter, FL. They had like 2 dozen sitting on a shelf in the storeroom and I
asked the tech for one and he said take as many as you want :-)

Thanks,
Ron White

-----Original Message-----
From: thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of John Handelaar
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 1:27 PM
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Subject: RE: [thechat] microsoft rant (part 2)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of deke
> Sent: 20 March 2002 17:48
> To: thechat at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thechat] microsoft rant (part 2)
>
> Tell you what. Can you pop down to PC World and take a look at that
> inexpensive USB floppy that will read a standard 5.25" high density
> diskette?

I haven't seen a 5.25" drive *anywhere* since at least...
...oh, '92 I guess.  I doubt it's cheap no matter what the
connector is.

In practical terms it might as well be 8" these days :-)

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