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

[Jim Kinney]

Hmm. so the older the geek, the more "floppy knowledge" they have.

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Richard Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>wrote:

>  5.25?  How about 8 inchers...now THOSE were floppies!  (Dating myself like
> the legacy hardware I support...)
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> *From*: Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com<%22Lightner,%20Jeff%22%20%3cjlightner at water.com%3e>
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> *Reply-to*: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale 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
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> 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] *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
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> 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.
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> On Sep 6, 2010 12:06 AM, "Joshua" <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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