Re: Sic transit gloria floppi

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Post #325,295

by pwhysall

4/27/10 2:04:00 AM

Re: Sic transit gloria floppi

I haven't used one for about five years, and I haven't had a home computer with a functioning floppy drive (I did have one in the PC I used as a Linux server, but it wasn't connected and was probably so full of dust that it would spell instant doom to any disc inserted) for longer than that.

I don't recall how much they cost in the UK at first, because my computer at the time (a BBC Micro Model B) used 5.25" discs.

However, I do recall that, in the early 90s, the Student Union shop at University held the price at £1 for a 1.44MB disk for years after the price collapsed; presumably preying on those students too desperate, stupid or hungover to realise that you could get a box of ten for three quid in town.

Post #325,330

by lincoln

4/27/10 2:52:11 PM

Re: Sic transit gloria floppi

I used one last year when I got hit with a virus. Found a solution on the Internet, downloaded the file to a PC, put it on a floppy, and booted the infected box from the floppy. Since I was unable to get into the BIOS menu when I powered up, I couldn't set the boot order to go to a USB first.

"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."

-- E.L. Doctorow

Sic transit gloria floppi - (rcareaga) - (13) - April 26, 2010, 09:24:55 PM EDT

didnt have one on the NeXt either -NT - (boxley) - April 26, 2010, 09:52:46 PM EDT

I remember when HP wanted $70 for a box of 10. - (Another Scott) - April 26, 2010, 09:56:54 PM EDT

It wasn't the iMac Jobs was famous for . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - April 26, 2010, 10:49:14 PM EDT

I don't think the original NeXT had a CD-ROM - (rcareaga) - (2) - April 26, 2010, 11:49:08 PM EDT

correct -NT - (boxley) - April 27, 2010, 08:51:53 AM EDT

I'm sure you're right . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - April 27, 2010, 11:04:46 AM EDT

Re: Sic transit gloria floppi - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 27, 2010, 02:04:00 AM EDT

Re: Sic transit gloria floppi - (lincoln) - April 27, 2010, 02:52:11 PM EDT

And the world moves on... - (static) - (2) - April 27, 2010, 02:32:27 AM EDT

Completely OT... - (pwhysall) - (1) - April 27, 2010, 06:06:06 AM EDT

Indeed, Its cutesiness is at Beastware baby-babble level. -NT - (Ashton) - April 30, 2010, 02:47:43 PM EDT

That was a bargain! - (Ashton) - (1) - April 30, 2010, 02:43:16 PM EDT

Putting things inside of other things - (altmann) - April 30, 2010, 06:02:14 PM EDT

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