[Gllug] Floppies

[Xander D Harkness]

Adam Bower wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, t.clarke wrote:
> 
> 
>>Long live the floppy, at least until something better and still cheap comes
>>along to replace it !
>>
> 
> I would say the CD-RW already holds this position, you can get a drive for
> under 60quid inc. vat the blanks cost about 30p each for CD-Rs or CD-RWs
> for around 80p each. You can stuff loads of data on them relatively
> quickly and hold an offsite backup of your mates CD collection for him ;-)
> 
> Adam
> 

CDs are much less robust (floppies are dreadful too), but see how long 
the data lasts when you stuff a CD in your pocket.

I know that you can get the small CDs but they are significantly more 
than floppies.

Cheers
Xander


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