18 Feb
2014
18 Feb
'14
3:30 p.m.
On 02/18/2014 02:36 PM, Liam Proven wrote:
I sometimes took one, but laptops are (or were, then)
relatively big
and heavy & I could not assume connectivity. It was far simpler and
lighter to carry a small toolkit and a zip-up pouch of floppies
containing essential tools and drivers. Later this was supplemented
with a CD, then a wallet of CDs, then the floppies got pensioned off.
Later, it shrank to a USB key. Now I rarely use that - most stuff can
be grabbed online, but it's still handy to have.
Probably not much different from my jumping on a plane with Sansonite
briefcase full of 2400' 9 (and 7)-track tapes in the 70s. I've flown on
an AF general's plane for the purpose of transporting several 844 disk
packs also.
A laptop was a great improvement.
But you do what you have to.
--Chuck