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floydb1982
join:2004-08-25
Kent, WA

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Re: Floppy LED won't turn off

Why are you even bothering with Floppy Disks??? There only 2MB unformatted and 1.44MB formatted They died out when optical disc's came along

700 MB CD-ROM = 486 Floppy's
800 MB CD-ROM = 555 Floppy's
4.7 GB DVD (single-sided, single-layer = 3,263 Floppy's
8.5 GB DVD (single-sided, double-layer = 5,902 Floppy's
9.4 GB DVD (double-sided, single-layer = 6,527 Floppy's
17 GB DVD (double-sided, double-layer = 11,805 Floppy's

Do you get what I am saying here???

MineCoast
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join:2004-10-06
Pensacola, FL

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You ever think he might have a collection of floppy disks with files/software on them? I have at least 50+ disks so I keep a floppy drive in at least one of my systems plus I run vintage systems for gaming... I have an old 166 Mhz Pentium for example.

aurgathor
join:2002-12-01
Lynnwood, WA

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said by floydb1982:

Why are you even bothering with Floppy Disks??? There only 2MB unformatted and 1.44MB formatted They died out when optical disc's came along

»What happend to 2.88MB Floppy Disk's

Dustyn
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join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
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said by MineCoast:

You ever think he might have a collection of floppy disks with files/software on them? I have at least 50+ disks so I keep a floppy drive in at least one of my systems plus I run vintage systems for gaming... I have an old 166 Mhz Pentium for example.

Exactly.
They still come in useful.
My IBM ThinkCentre still has a working internal1.44MB floppy diskette drive, and I also have one on my HP Pavilion Elite. Although it's an external USB Teak.