On Thursday 10 June 2010, Mike McCarty wrote: >Timothy Murphy wrote: > >[...] > >> Do floppy disks still exist? > >Yes, I've got several hundred. > And I have at least 2,000 or more, mostly 5.25" formatted for os9 (no not the mac os9, the trs-80 Color Computer version.) >> Are computers with floppy drives still being made? > >Yes. Recently I bought one which didn't have a floppy drive, >and I put one in. > >> It seems to me that as an absolute minimum >> any documentation mentioning floppy drives >> should at least explain how CDs can be used to the same end. But only if the bios understands El Torito booting. >Do I hear a volunteer, or do I hear a whiner? > >Mike -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Fun Facts, #14: In table tennis, whoever gets 21 points first wins. That's how it once was in baseball -- whoever got 21 runs first won. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
