Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] floppy disk reader ?

On Monday 24 April 2006 08:23 pm, JanRwl@... wrote:

> 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

You're just looking in the wrong places...

There's "mainstream" stuff where you get what the mfrs. want to stuff into
people's homes and offices, and then there's everything else. I heard that
real ports were going away, too, but is that really the case? Or only on
that stuff that's in those catalogs?

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