Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Aaron Kulkis wrote:
Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
Hi,
I am currently in the market for a flash card and floppy disk reader. Yes, floppy disks, the 3.5" ones.
The reason I would like a reader for floppy disks as I have in excess of 100 disks that contain Windows drivers that I have needed over the years. Some of these have not been replaced by newer versions as the hardware itself didn't ever fail and so the old adage of "If it ain't broke, Don't fix it" probably came to the developers mind. I will probably not ever need them again, but they might come in handy for a friend/business associate.
With this utility I will be able to transfer the driver files onto a USB flashdisk and also keep another copy in my ~/, which gets backed up each day to an external USB HDD. Professional admin advice here:
First, make several CD-R copies of this collection. They can't be accidentally over-written like USB memory sticks.
After you have a half dozen CD-R copies, THEN you can worry about USB memory sticks.
Point taken, although having a USB floppy disk unit might come in handy for usage on legacy software.
3.5 inch floppies are going to become increasingly difficult to find, in the same way that 12-inch, 8-inch, and 5-1/4-inch floppies before them became rarer and rarer until becoming extinct. Devices which can read CD-R's will remain available for the next 5 years. I would not be confident to bet that a floppy drives will even be available 5 years from now. That's why my recommendation for CD-R's...devices which can read them are ubiquitous, and will remain so for several years into the future. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org