On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 08:33:44AM -0500, green wrote: > Mark Grieveson wrote at 2009-10-17 21:04 -0500: > > My mom, who uses an old DOS 286 (with WordPerfect 5.1), has some five > > and a quarter inch floppies (the ones that actually were floppy) and > > these still work. It seems the newer things get, the quicker they > > break. Archeologists years from now will find her solid 286 machine, > > still working, and will study Leisure Suit Larry for clues about our > > civilization (which, frankly, is as accurate a portrayal as any). > > Those must be much better 5.25" floppies than what I have had... I just rebooted a 486 class machine (old packard bell) that boots off a 3.5" floppy. It hasn't been rebooted in a couple of years at least. I was really worried that it wouldn't come up, but whaddaya know! I'm sure I only get a couple more of those reboots before that floppy disk dies forever... A
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