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Offline Boudicca

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Re: Sony To End Floppy Manufacturing
« on: April 26, 2010, 09:54:08 PM »
Quote from: persia;555492
Waste of good plastic, virtually no space, you'd need 4 to 6 of them for a single photo or song.  I've got a pocketful of flash drives, what do I need these things for?

Hate to say it, I've got 5.25 floppies dating to the eighties round here and they still read, the 128meg flash I bought two years ago doesn't....says a lot really. And heres the irony, that they are looking back to paper to provide long life storage of Data as punch cards and paper tape are still readable electronically 40 years after they were created.
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Re: Sony To End Floppy Manufacturing
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2010, 11:34:55 PM »
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A lot of the older people aren't quick to upgrade


Us Older people are just doing fine thank u with plenty SOA kit knocking about;) I will remember your kind words when I take delivery of my next toy.
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