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| From | polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: the worst storage media of all time |
| Date | 2014-05-21 22:40 +0100 |
| Organization | me |
| Message-ID | <bu4kpuFh561U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 21/05/2014 15:35, Lewis wrote: > Floppies gave way to CD-Rs around 1995 for non-windows users (who*had* > to use floppies for drivers as much as ten years after the floppy became > otherwise irrelevant) and CD-Rs went away with DVD-Rs. Then the USB > thumb drive started to get useful sizes, though I had no interest in > them until they were in the 2GB range. In some ways floppies gave way to CD-R but, in my experience, only a minority of PCs had the ability to write CDs around 1995 - though it became more and more common. Whereas floppies and, later, USB sticks were more universal. That is what I was thinking of as the gap between floppies and USB sticks. -- Rod
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the worst storage media of all time RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-19 14:49 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-05-19 19:34 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-20 16:09 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-05-20 16:36 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-21 02:49 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-05-21 08:36 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Johny B Good <johnny-b-good@invalid.ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-21 13:19 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-05-21 13:07 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-21 14:35 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-05-21 22:40 +0100
Re: the worst storage media of all time Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-22 15:52 +0000
Re: the worst storage media of all time Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-05-22 13:53 -0600
Re: the worst storage media of all time Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-05-21 23:34 -0600
Re: the worst storage media of all time Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-05-22 02:19 -0700
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