Subj : Re: floppy disks are cool!
To   : Ben Collver
From : mary4
Date : Mon Apr 22 2024 04:33:38

 BC> My first computer had two 5.25" floppy drives, so there's a nostalgic
 BC> place in my heart for floppies.  A year or so ago i inherited a Pentium
 BC> with a corrupted filesystem.  It came with an optical drive but the
 BC> BIOS was too old to boot from it.  So i had to boot from 3.5" floppy to
 BC> recover data from the disk and install a new OS (FreeDOS 1.3).
 BC>
i am lighting up here
<3 <3 <3 <3 i am using FreeDOS 1.3 for my os on my computer right here! :D it is my OS of choice on my 286 and all computers
i also love 200mm disks (5.25" ones) they last forever!
  BC> I have a couple of USB
floppy drives.  I read that they are not all  BC> made the same.  Some are way faster than the original floppy drives  BC> ever were, but have subtle compatibility issues.  In other words,  BC> some USB floppy drives write floppies that cannot be reliably read  BC> on retro hardware.  Others are more compatible.  BC>   BC> I've had fun working on challenges to fit lots of functionality onto a  BC> single floppy.  I've done a few projects of my own, and i remember  BC> others:
 BC> 
usb floppy drives vary alot! xD
i have a very good one that works with my floppies properly! :D

 BC> * A DOS boot disk with a dial-up PPP Internet stack, DOSLynx, telnet,
 BC>   etc.
 BC> * BasLinux, a Linux live-floppy with a surprising amount of
 BC>   functionality.  It uses kernel 2.0.  A second floppy contains X11.
 BC> * QNX
yoooo thats a cool idea!

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

.... DOS=HIGH?  I knew it was on something...

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