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On 24/03/2010 20:00, Rob Beard wrote:
I've only got some because uni insisted on some programming assignments being submitted on floppy disk. That bit the bullet though when submissions went above 1.44Mb. We then swapped to using CDRs - although curiously most of the stuff needed to read AND write to the media leaving the lecturers to copy everything off the CD and *then* see if it ran.Gordon Henderson wrote:I believe Staples still sell them, you could try Trago too. I know what you mean though, it's not the sort of thing that many people tend to have kicking around these days. Thank god newer motherboards seem to accept recovery by USB stick (although as you say it's an older board so you need a floppy). I have one or two floppies kicking around but I believe they aren't much cop anymore.Wanted to upgrade the BIOS on an older motherboard I have... It needed a floppy drive - so I found one and cable... Then I looked for some media and failed miserably.I'm not sure I've ever really used 3.5" media on a PC - ever...Will wander up to my local electrics shoppie tomorrow to see if they have any lurking in a corner somewhere...GordonRob
So much easier to zip it and submit it electronically :) Julian PS. As I'm in Wales though. me having disks doesn't help. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html