On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers wrote:
On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Roger Merchberger wrote:
They are handy, but they're still expensive
for storage. For around $50 (or
I think less), you can pick up a 1.3G magneto optical platter - That's
roughly 4 cents per meg! Granted, the drive runs around $600, but it's
worth it! (also, it's a flippy media, but hey! You'll still swap less than
a Zip!)
Actually, I don't use the Zip disks much for long-term archiving -- I
count on redundant systems for my real data -- why should I back up
operating systems and application packages (other than configuration
files) when I've got the installation media and it'll be upgraded or
superceded in a few months anyway. I mostly use them for moving my
<blah blah blah>
I don't want to get on anyone's badside but this is not very classic.
This stuff is better left to private e-mail.
Let's talk classic stuff!
Sam
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