RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] floppy disk reader ?

Hi Rowland,

Personally, I think with new 3.5" floppies going for less than $30 the
quality has taken the same drop as the drop price. I am amazed at how often
I have to reformat the little buggers because suddenly they won't read. I
think the support for them is also dropping in the latest versions of
Windows. In other words, since they are no longer the 'choice' solution for
distributing or moving software around quality has dropped. IMHO.

The latest thing to use now is the USB Dongle. It's a small Flash Drive. I
use one called a Lexar Jump Drive. Plugs into the PC, looks like a disk
drive and writing is faster than to a floppy and it holds 128MB or more.

Alternatively, the Compact Flash cards that work in cameras are also
readable by the latest computers and again you can get a USB reader if your
PC doesn't have a slot for the CF card. I use them for the hard drive in
PC104 industrial type applications.

And if you are running WIN-98 you can get special drivers for the USB
Dongles. If you are running WIN-NT it's time to upgrade.

John Dammeyer

> Duh . . . Tell me: I readily admit I haven't gone
> puter-shoppin' in
> years, as the three Compaq and HP desktops I have all work
> flawlessly since '92,
> I guess, but I don't see 3.5" floppy-drive slots on the
> fronts of desktops in
> ads and catalogs, nor "listed" on the attributes of desktops
> nor laptops for
> sale, now. Whassa story? Is the 3.5 discontinued on ALL
> new stuff, now?
> How does one move/edit small BASIC programs from one machine
> to the other? I
> use floppies to carry ALL my "at-desk-written" CNC programs
> out to the shop!
> I have to EDIT those almost always, "out there". How would
> I do this (edit
> on the spot) with a CD??? Whassa story??? Jan
> Rowland, confused
> geriatric
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