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[ILUG] Floppy problems

[ILUG] Floppy problems

Paul Jakma paul at clubi.ie
Wed Apr 6 23:03:12 IST 2005


On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Niall O Broin wrote:

> Except that that won't work with the laptop, as you can't replace its drive 
> with a generic 10 EUR model.

You can get USB floppy drives.

But who uses floppy drives these days? Floppies are so unreliable 
they're close to useless.

If you have a half-modern BIOS, get a USB storage keyring or pen. Or 
use your MP3 player ;).

regards,
-- 
Paul Jakma	paul at clubi.ie	paul at jakma.org	Key ID: 64A2FF6A
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