3 Jan
2010
3 Jan
'10
9:01 p.m.
On 3 Jan 2010 at 15:28, Dave McGuire wrote:
...and LOTS of people using them in test equipment
and instrument
control and factory stuff, not to mention the fact that the entire
computing world doesn't move at the breakneck pace of what's
available in retail stores. There are quite a few businesses around
here who are running 486 desktops. Floppies will be around for quite
a while, at least 3.5" 1.44MB ones.
Indeed. I'm currently trying to talk a customer out of having to do
a *new* design using floppies. There's no compelling technical
reason for them; he seems to think that his old clients will find
comfort in sneakerneting files around. I proposed a design using
built-in flash and a 'net connection or a USB hookup. The typical
amount of data transfered is normally not more than a few tens of
kilobytes; most of a 3.5" DSHD floppy would go unused.
How many new PCs even have floppy controllers in them or connectors
on the motherboard for a drive?
--Chuck