[ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the cure

[Jim Kinney]

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not only that, as everybody knows, size does matter ;-)


especially when it's floppy....

>
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Geoffrey Myers <
> lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>
>> On 09/07/2010 12:00 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > Hmm. so the older the geek, the more "floppy knowledge" they have.
>>
>> Seems to me, the older the geek, the LARGER the floppy....
>>
>> >
>> > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Richard Faulkner <
>> rfaulkner at 34thprs.org
>> > <mailto:rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     5.25?  How about 8 inchers...now THOSE were floppies!  (Dating
>> >     myself like the legacy hardware I support...)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     -----Original Message-----
>> >     *From*: Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com
>> >     <mailto:%22Lightner,%20Jeff%22%20%3cjlightner at water.com<20Jeff%2522%2520%253cjlightner at water.com>
>> %3e>>
>> >     *Reply-to*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
>> >     <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>>
>> >     *To*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org
>> >     <mailto:
>> Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes%21%20We%20run%20Linux%21%20%3cale at ale.org<Atlanta%2520Linux%2520Enthusiasts%2520-%2520Yes%2521%2520We%2520run%2520Linux%2521%2520%253cale at ale.org>
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>> >     *Subject*: Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the
>> cure
>> >     *Date*: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:18:00 -0400
>> >
>> >     That looks like more of a “case” than a “bag”.  To make a “bag”
>> >     you’d need real “floppies” (i.e. the 5.25 inch kind).
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >     *From:*ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>
>> >     [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org <mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org>] *On
>> Behalf
>> >     Of *Michael Trausch
>> >     *Sent:* Monday, September 06, 2010 10:29 PM
>> >     *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
>> >     *Subject:* Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I found the
>> cure
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     Heh.
>> >
>> >     People come to me all the time with floppy disks that they need data
>> >     pulled from. Usually with files that need to be converted from
>> >     insanely old formats, too. Microsoft Works (3.0 and prior) seem to
>> >     be popular, I find myself every now and again (and at present!)
>> >     pulling data from old floppy disks (often with bad sectors) and also
>> >     trying to convert it.
>> >
>> >     I usually then give the floppies back and put the stuff on a Flash
>> >     drive so that they are able to have it in something that today's
>> >     computers are able to read. Ah, ancient data.
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Sent from my HTC Dream---Running Froyo!
>> >     Thanks, @cyanogen!
>> >
>> >     On Sep 6, 2010 12:06 AM, "Joshua" <jrtroberts at gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:jrtroberts at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >      > Do you find that when you clean out your closet or your computer
>> >     dungeon
>> >      > you have to sort through several stacks of useless old floppies?
>> >     Want
>> >      > to be a walking fashion nerd? Then here is your cure, The floppy
>> >     disk bag.
>> >      >
>>
>> >      > http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/
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