[Gllug] anyone know a source for 3.5" DSDD floppy disks?

[Richard Jones]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 05:50:26PM +0000, Henrik Morsing wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Mar 2004, Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 05:04:40PM +0000, Henrik Morsing wrote:
> 
> > Well, apart from the obvious (WiFi, ethernet and the 'net), I tend to
> > find CF cards much more convenient and reliable than floppies.
> 
> 1. They're not available in *all* computers you come across.
> 2. Not all hardware and OSs support them
> 3. You can't rely on being able to boot any random system/OS from them
> 4. They're way too expensive to carry around en masse

Well, maybe, but in practice a lot of computers have USB these days.
USB mass storage devices which take CF cards cost under a tenner.  All
serious operating systems support USB mass storage.  Out of all the
computers I own, just two of them don't have USB - an old laptop, and
a Sun Ultra 5[1].  In fact I have more computers that don't have
floppy drives.

> 1. How can you imply that any random computer has 'net or Wifi access to
> any other random computer?

Well, in my world, yes - they pretty much all do!

Rich.

[1] Any tips on getting a USB card for the Sun most appreciated (it
runs Debian/sparc).

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