Subj : X86S
To   : krull
From : Roon
Date : Wed May 01 2024 21:28:45

Hello krull,

01 May 24 19:41, you wrote to Nightfox:

 Ni>> I'm not a big fan of things being removed before their usefulness
 Ni>> has passed. Now that I actually stopped using floppy disks years
 Ni>> ago, I'm fine with my PC not having a floppy drive.

 k> Hmmm Even though I "like"floppies, older computers  - Hey even my
 k> "home server"is probably 20 years old already, and "main desktop"is
 k> over 12... - It's prpbbaly more than 15 years I don't use a flopp
 k> disk. Even USB drives, to be real, I havent used for about 4 years...
 k> except when I want to  install/reinstall OS on some of those machines
 k> and older laptops I have here... even on those machines I really
 k> ddidnt need the floppies anymore...

i've set up a local tftp for network install/memtest possibility, so if its not a windows machine, i don't have to use usb drives for that purpose :)

Regards,
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