[blind-philly-comp] Quick Personal Update/Going Retro in 2017 With a New 3.5 inch Floppy Drive

  • From: David Goldfield <dgoldfield1211@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Philadelphia Computer Users Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired <blind-philly-comp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:59:49 -0500

In our den I have a ton of old 3.5 inch floppy disks that I've used since the 1990s. Since I got my latest computer in late 2013, I haven't been able to access them since my Dell has no floppy drive and none of the computers from my current and previous job had a floppy drive. I finally decided that I was going to do something about this once and for all and, at the end of the year, I ordered a USB 3.5-inch floppy disk from Amazon which didn't even cost me fifteen dollars. I now have it and plan to start going through my old floppies this weekend, with the goal of archiving whatever I might find to be of value. It's a really weird thing to know that I have access to such a thing on my Windows machine. The drive reminds me of the second edition of the Blazie Engineering disk drive, as the dimensions are almost identical. If anybody has any last-minute warnings or bits of advice about using a 3.5 inch drive with Windows 10, now is the time to advise me. <grin>




--
          David Goldfield,
      Assistive Technology Specialist

Feel free to visit my Web site
WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info

You are invited to visit the moderator's Web site at WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info 
for additional resources and information about assistive technology training 
services.

To unsubscribe from this list, please email 
blind-philly-comp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the 
subject line.

To subscribe from another email address, send email to 
blind-philly-comp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word subscribe in the subject 
line.

To contact the list administrator, please email 
blind-philly-comp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Other related posts: