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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The size of the floppy doesn’t matter when
the memory goes. This is probably the only time a lack of “RAM” occurs as a
result of a “floppy”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Greg Clifton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 07, 2010
1:29 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Plagued by
stacks of old floppies. I found the cure</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Not only that, as
everybody knows, size does matter ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Geoffrey Myers <<a
href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 09/07/2010 12:00 PM,
Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> Hmm. so the older the geek, the more "floppy knowledge" they
have.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Seems to me, the older the geek, the LARGER the floppy....<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Richard Faulkner <<a
href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:rfaulkner@34thprs.org">rfaulkner@34thprs.org</a>>>
wrote:<br>
><br>
> 5.25? How about 8 inchers...now THOSE were floppies!
(Dating<br>
> myself like the legacy hardware I support...)<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> *From*: Lightner, Jeff <<a
href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> <mailto:%22Lightner,%<a
href="mailto:20Jeff%2522%2520%253cjlightner@water.com">20Jeff%22%20%3cjlightner@water.com</a>%3e>><br>
> *Reply-to*: <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:City> Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run
Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a> <mailto:<a
href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>>><br>
> *To*: <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:City> Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run
Linux!</st1:PersonName> <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> <mailto:<a
href="mailto:Atlanta%2520Linux%2520Enthusiasts%2520-%2520Yes%2521%2520We%2520run%2520Linux%2521%2520%253cale@ale.org">Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes%21%20We%20run%20Linux%21%20%3cale@ale.org</a>%3e>><br>
> *Subject*: Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I
found the cure<br>
> *Date*: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 09:18:00 -0400<br>
><br>
> That looks like more of a “case” than a “bag”. To make
a “bag”<br>
> you’d need real “floppies” (i.e. the 5.25 inch kind).<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
>
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> *From:*<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>>]
*On Behalf<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> Of *Michael Trausch<br>
> *Sent:* Monday, September 06, 2010 10:29 PM<br>
> *To:* <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:City> Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run
Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Plagued by stacks of old floppies. I
found the cure<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Heh.<br>
><br>
> People come to me all the time with floppy disks that they
need data<br>
> pulled from. Usually with files that need to be converted from<br>
> insanely old formats, too. Microsoft Works (3.0 and prior)
seem to<br>
> be popular, I find myself every now and again (and at
present!)<br>
> pulling data from old floppy disks (often with bad sectors)
and also<br>
> trying to convert it.<br>
><br>
> I usually then give the floppies back and put the stuff on a
Flash<br>
> drive so that they are able to have it in something that
today's<br>
> computers are able to read. Ah, ancient data.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Sent from my HTC Dream---Running Froyo!<br>
> Thanks, @cyanogen!<br>
><br>
> On Sep 6, 2010 12:06 AM, "Joshua" <<a
href="mailto:jrtroberts@gmail.com">jrtroberts@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jrtroberts@gmail.com">jrtroberts@gmail.com</a>>>
wrote:<br>
> > Do you find that when you clean out your closet
or your computer<br>
> dungeon<br>
> > you have to sort through several stacks of
useless old floppies?<br>
> Want<br>
> > to be a walking fashion nerd? Then here is your
cure, The floppy<br>
> disk bag.<br>
> ><br>
<br>
> > <a
href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/" target="_blank">http://www.instructables.com/id/Floppy-Disk-Bag/</a><br>
> > _______________________________________________<br>
> > Ale mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<mailto:<a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a>><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#888888'>--<br>
Until later, Geoffrey<br>
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"I predict future happiness for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> if they can prevent<br>
the government from wasting the labors of the people under<br>
the pretense of taking care of them."<br>
- Thomas Jefferson</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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