20 Sep
2004
20 Sep
'04
7:48 p.m.
if it can support a 32x cdreader, it can support a burner. yes it'll be slow
at 1x, 2x but then speed dont matter when u want the data on the disk right?
:D
as for bbc's there is a project that works (by all accounts) that allows you
to use flash cards as mass storage, there's also a BBC/IDE interface in the
works too.
regards
charles
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From: "Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Floppy Disk Becoming Relic of the Past
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On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> Gee, neither of the last two new computers that I purchased had
> floppy drives (and one of those is about 5 years old now). I'd say
> this is old news (and the PC world finally catching up with the rest
> of us). I can't even remember the last time I used a floppy drive.
I am wondering what removeable mass storage you have on your classics...
I still use them all the time. It's still the quickest and easiest way
to
transfer files (that can fit on them of course).
So do I. You can't get CD-ROM burners for PERQs, HP71s, BBC Micros,
PDP11/45s, and so on. In fact I doubt if my PC would support a CD burner
either (I am sure the data rate of the burner would be far too fast for
my machine...)
-tony