[haiku] Re: Wanted to write to my floppy drive
- From: Taylor <taycowley@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:34:25 -0600
I still use floppies...
On 11 July 2011 20:36, Sean Collins <smc.collins@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dustin Howett wrote:
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>> There is nearly always value in legacy support.
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>> Find me a new box of floppy's to buy, and you'll have made a convincing
> argument. Most floppy's are suffering from loss of the magnetic material on
> the disc, same as what happens to old analog magnetic tape thanks to
> humidity.
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> There is no point in supporting floppy drives,the discs just aren't made
> anymore that I am aware of and the failure rate is extremely high for floppy
> discs to begin with.There is no value in supporting technology that is just
> not serviceable anymore.
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> Sean
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