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R.I.P. 1.44mb
SimonHarwood:
Scenario...
You need to create a driver disk containing about 1Mb of data to get another PC working properly.
Do you:
a) Use a single 1.44Mb floppy disk
b) Use a 650 or 700Mb CDR
c) Use a memory stick
Option c will lead to the stick being wiped for using for another purpose as soon as it is done with.
Options a and b have the benefit of you having them ready to hand if you need them again (i.e. the next time windross crashes).
IMO, b is a waste of a good CDR. I know that some file systems operate on a "Most Wastage" principle (a bit like all of America), but that is ridiculous.
Just my "2p worth"...
Rich_P:
:lol: You really don't want to see some of the equipment we're using, Liam. :wink: For example, have you ever seen let alone used a 512k (yes, Kilobyte!) hard drive that's twice the height and the same length of a CD/DVD drive?
Not everyone is completely up to date with technology. How many shops do you see using the latest of computer tills like Supermarkets? Not an awful lot. So we have to be trained to cover a huge range of age and types of equipment and be able to keep them working.
xmob:
Floppies are useful for making a model of the Starship Enterprise. :D
schuee:
We are still maintaining for the RAF, equipment which is over twenty years old :shock: , and they have guaranteed the maintainance until 2009
the floppy disk unit's on these are nearly as big as a modern day pc :lol:
AbyssDJ:
--- Quote from: "Rich_P" ---:lol: You really don't want to see some of the equipment we're using, Liam. :wink: For example, have you ever seen let alone used a 512k (yes, Kilobyte!) hard drive that's twice the height and the same length of a CD/DVD drive?
Not everyone is completely up to date with technology. How many shops do you see using the latest of computer tills like Supermarkets? Not an awful lot. So we have to be trained to cover a huge range of age and types of equipment and be able to keep them working.
--- End quote ---
i've used (and owned!) smaller systems than that before ;) you cant justify an every day computer course using stuff like that though.. theres no need for it
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