RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] floppy disk reader ?

Hi,

>
> >> I think the support for them is also dropping in the
> latest versions of
> Windows. <<
>
> This is not true. 3.5" floppies, while no longer a preferred
> media, are not
> going away yet. The support will remain there for now. Floppy
> support is
> still there in the next version of Windows (Windows Vista)
> which will be
> available to consumers early next year.

Sorry. Didn't make myself clear. If the floppy doesn't work well, or takes
a long time to read there's no incentive to fix it. It seems to me that
after WIN98 the floppies just don't seem to work as well. Could be that the
quality control on the drives is poor. Could be that there are new software
bugs that just aren't being fixed because... Well why bother. At this point
in time I wouldn't trust anything important on a floppy. And I come from
the days of 8" single sided drives where the OS booted in under 1/2 second.

>
> At home, I use my network.

So do I. Or USB dongles or CF cards. Never floppies.

John Dammeyer


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