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scott
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response 225 of 512:
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Apr 22 16:18 UTC 2002 |
I'm planning on using the diskettes for novelty CD sleeves (hey, it *is* a
form of reuse!). Drives I'd disassemble, since there are a couple of neat
parts I want. I'll recycle the rest.
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keesan
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response 226 of 512:
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Apr 22 18:35 UTC 2002 |
Then you can have our used disks instead of new ones, right? Do you also want
a couple of hard drives to recycle? A 40 and a dead 120 (cannot format, too
much physical damage). Is two drives enough?
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oval
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response 227 of 512:
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Apr 22 19:28 UTC 2002 |
i'd like maybe 10 or so. i'm not using them for data. only for nostalga and
perhaps a project i'm working on. the cd sleeve thing is pretty cool too..
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gull
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response 228 of 512:
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Apr 22 19:39 UTC 2002 |
Re #224: The situation with 1.2M and 360K floppy drives is a little odd.
Basically, you can always *read* a 360K floppy disk with a 1.2M drive.
You can *write* a 360K floppy disk with a 1.2M drive, but ONLY if it's
NEVER been written to with a 360K drive.
The problem is that the 360K drives have wider heads than the 1.2M
drives. If you write a 360K disk with a 1.2M drive, and you overwrite a
place where a 360K drive has previously written, the data will only be
partially overwritten. The result is usually a disk that has errors
when read with a 360K drive, but reads okay with a 1.2M drive.
Formatting doesn't help; the only way to make a used 360K disk safe for
writing with a 1.2M drive is to bulk erase it.
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gull
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response 229 of 512:
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Apr 22 19:40 UTC 2002 |
Oh, the other thing is you can't write to a 1.2M floppy disk with a 360K
drive, even if it's been formatted as a 360K disk. The oxide coating on
1.2M disks has different characteristics and needs a more powerful
magnetic field to write properly.
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keesan
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response 230 of 512:
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Apr 22 20:36 UTC 2002 |
Thanks for the explanation. Oval where are you?
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oval
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response 231 of 512:
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Apr 22 20:56 UTC 2002 |
brooklyn.
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scott
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response 232 of 512:
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Apr 22 23:57 UTC 2002 |
Sindi, I'll take a couple hard drives, but not more than that. Good magnets
in hard drives, and living in a metal house I can always use more magnets.
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keesan
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response 233 of 512:
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Apr 23 02:03 UTC 2002 |
There are two hard drives out behind my apartment and a box of misc from
computer recycling, near the gate. Kiwanis throws out speakers. I will stick
a couple of floppy drives out there soon and some disks.
Oval, surely there must be some old 5 1/4" floppy disks somewhere in NYC!
Maybe a computer store has some lying around? Silly to pay postage on them.
We may have yet another hard drive to give away soon - see the hardware
problems item in agora.
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omni
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response 234 of 512:
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Apr 23 05:50 UTC 2002 |
25 years from now, Sindi will finally have her own CD burner,
Speaking of 'puters, my new machine arrives tommorrow. It has:
1 Ghz processor, 6 Gig HD, 128M memory, CD burner, DVD player, and
a 17 inch monitor. I'm happy with it, although I havnt got a clue how to use
it..
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mcnally
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response 235 of 512:
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Apr 23 07:19 UTC 2002 |
I'm guessing you forgot a digit on the hard drive size..
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gull
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response 236 of 512:
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Apr 23 13:55 UTC 2002 |
I dunno. Macs tend to lag behind PCs in hard disk size, don't they?
It's one of the easier places for Apple to shave a few bucks off.
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russ
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response 237 of 512:
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Apr 23 14:24 UTC 2002 |
Think Y2K problems are in the past? Nope. Brevard County, FL has
just fixed some software which was broken by Y2K "fixes", and now
that they can get real numbers rather than estimates they've found
that various city budgets are millions of dollars out of whack due
to mis-paid ticket revenues. One city is short 10% of its budget.
Better dress to be seen in public before you change the kid's diaper,
because you may well be: your Nanny-Cam can be viewed up to 1/4 mile away.
/a/r/u/russ/public/risks-22.04
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gull
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response 238 of 512:
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Apr 23 15:36 UTC 2002 |
Re #237: There's an article on SecurityFocus calling for cell-phone
style anti-listening legislation covering those wireless TV cameras. I
oppose that sort of thing; I don't think we should create new categories
of crime just so companies can avoid having to add encryption technology
to their products.
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brighn
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response 239 of 512:
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Apr 23 16:12 UTC 2002 |
6G is closer to standard for a basic computer than 60 is, isn't it? Hm. At
least, 20G seems to be the standard, but now that I think about that, they're
both off by a factor of 3 in different directions.
My new HD is 80G, giving me a total of 100G between the two drives. Woowoo.
I figure 1T is the next major line.
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rcurl
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response 240 of 512:
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Apr 23 17:05 UTC 2002 |
How do you backup your HD? I now backup 1.5 G to two CDRs (even then
omitting a 100M of files).
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tsty
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response 241 of 512:
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Apr 23 17:22 UTC 2002 |
rcurl, what is your b/u software? have you ever restored? have
you tried cd/rw discs? adn results therefrom, if any.
were your b/u transportable to a differenet b0x &/or HD? and results?
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mcnally
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response 242 of 512:
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Apr 23 17:40 UTC 2002 |
When I back up I usually do so to another hard drive. These days they're
cheaper and more compact than the equivalent capacity in magnetic tapes..
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gull
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response 243 of 512:
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Apr 23 19:41 UTC 2002 |
Harder to do off-site backups, though. And if the drive crashes, you
lose everything. If I break a CD-RW disc, I only lose what was on that
particular volume.
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mcnally
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response 244 of 512:
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Apr 23 19:59 UTC 2002 |
I agree. I wasn't arguing that it's an ideal solution.
When I said I "usually" back up to hard drive, I should have been clearer
and explained that I back up critical files to CD-R as well but use hard
drives to periodically make a restore image of my system..
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rcurl
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response 245 of 512:
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Apr 23 20:43 UTC 2002 |
In response to tsty: I use Retrospect Express. However the only time I
have needed a backup was when my previous computer crashed and I had to
recover documents. Most software, especially big apps, I re-installed, but
used the preferences from the backup. I've thought of doing it to a
separate HD and use RE to do a complete restore of everything, but haven't
gone to that. It would be faster (and save the time of reinstalling apps
in the event of a HD crash), but it is such a rare event for me I have not
justified the cost.
Also, if one installs a new HD, shouldn't one initialize it and install
the Systems from a System install disc anyway? Then one has to merge the
rest of the software, which RE could manage.
I use only cd/r discs, although I use a cr/rw drive. They cd/r discs
are cheap enough that I don't want to fuss with reusing them.
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oval
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response 246 of 512:
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Apr 23 21:20 UTC 2002 |
sindi, i bet there are some somewhere in nyc, but i'd pay at least 3$ in
transportation going to retrieve them. plus time trying to find them, etc.
plus, i love getting snail mail. i rarely do besides bills. i could probably
send you a self addressed envelop with proper postage already on it.
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keesan
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response 247 of 512:
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Apr 24 00:26 UTC 2002 |
Just email me your address and we can send you a box of already formatted new
disks (if you plan to use them) or simply stuff a bunch of used ones in an
envelope. You owe us undying gratitude. Maybe we can figure out how to make
the color printer work and send you a photo too. I have a floppy disk mailer
somewwhere but it will not hold 10 disks. If you have a floppy disk drive
we can put photos on the disks instead.
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oval
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response 248 of 512:
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Apr 24 01:06 UTC 2002 |
i vaguely remember using one of those disks when i was like maybe 7. i don't
need them for data - just aesthetics. i have no way of reading them.
what's the photo gonna be of?
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keesan
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response 249 of 512:
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Apr 24 01:59 UTC 2002 |
Us, but if you don't have a floppy drive there is no point as they would
consist of files that you cannot read.
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