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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
Join date: 20 May 2003
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03-07-2006 16:02
I used one late last year, at work. The POS computer I used at the time ran NT 4.0, and it was pretty well locked down. I could change simple things like resetting the time by booting from an old Windows 95 boot disk.
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Damanios Thetan
looking in
Join date: 6 Mar 2004
Posts: 992
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03-07-2006 16:21
Actually, this morning.
I'm still using a Roland XP-50 workstation as one of my keyboards. Some of the music still is on the floppy in the built-in disk drive. _____________________
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Liquid Zidane
Enjoy
Join date: 24 Mar 2004
Posts: 174
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03-08-2006 14:01
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Sansarya Caligari
BLEH!
Join date: 25 Apr 2005
Posts: 1,206
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03-08-2006 14:07
Today in class one of my students got on a computer clearly marked as not being connected to a printer and wrote a 5 page essay, then tried to print it. I have no knowledge of networking computers to printers, nor could I find the right cord to do this, but actually finding a floppy was the hardest part.
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Lo Jacobs
Awesome Possum
Join date: 28 May 2004
Posts: 2,734
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03-08-2006 14:13
I had to use one because a client had a file that could only be found on their floppy disk.
Unfortunately my computer refused to read it. That was last month. ... But before then ... it must've been a couple of years.  _____________________
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Liquid Zidane
Enjoy
Join date: 24 Mar 2004
Posts: 174
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03-08-2006 14:25
Today in class one of my students got on a computer clearly marked as not being connected to a printer and wrote a 5 page essay, then tried to print it. I have no knowledge of networking computers to printers, nor could I find the right cord to do this, but actually finding a floppy was the hardest part. A serial or USB cable would be your best bet. If the computer you want to connect the printer to is part of the network, simply go into Start > Printers and Faxes > and share out the printer. You'll find it easier than you think. It just takes some thoughtful clicking. _____________________
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Katiahnya Muromachi
Ninja Mistress
Join date: 25 Jun 2005
Posts: 130
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03-08-2006 14:37
I actually used a 1.44 floppy about an hour ago, as I build and pre-configure servers for a pharmacutical corporation. Once the server is racked, I pop a floppy into it which has NIC drivers, IP information of the server, and the IP information of the deployment server. Server boots up to the floppy, tells the NIC to connect to the deployment server, then starts pulling down and installing the OS from there.
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Liquid Zidane
Enjoy
Join date: 24 Mar 2004
Posts: 174
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03-08-2006 14:47
I actually used a 1.44 floppy about an hour ago, as I build and pre-configure servers for a pharmacutical corporation. Once the server is racked, I pop a floppy into it which has NIC drivers, IP information of the server, and the IP information of the deployment server. Server boots up to the floppy, tells the NIC to connect to the deployment server, then starts pulling down and installing the OS from there. Oh god, anything but IPs. I've had enough of those today. Somebody get me a VLAN change! _____________________
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." ~Harvey Fierstein
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Lianne Marten
Cheese Baron
Join date: 6 May 2004
Posts: 2,192
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03-08-2006 14:51
I got a USB drive for christmas, so I would assume no more than a month prior to that.
I've been using the USB way more than I ever did floppys though. Sucks... I can't lie about not having my assignments or group files anymore, since they are always with me. _____________________
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 4,107
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03-08-2006 23:41
But a good merit for floppies- you can write, erase, write, erase....and so on many many many times. CD-RWs, much fewer. USB DRives, yea infinite... till you lose it. I had a friend stop by at the house & he needed a flashlight because it was dark out and he realized his USB Drive with all his college term papers wasn't attached to the keychain. He didn't find it. Hehehhehe!!! Would've never lost it as easily if it were a floppy disk. Ok... maybe.
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Amber Stonecutter
Bruxing Babe
Join date: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 296
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03-08-2006 23:56
I guess we could dip them in liquid gold and wear them while chanting "DONT COPY THAT FLOPPY!" Noooo! I actually had to watch that video in Jr High! No joke. _____________________
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AJ DaSilva
woz ere
Join date: 15 Jun 2005
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03-09-2006 05:10
[...]USB DRives, yea infinite...[...] |
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Ash Qin
A fox!
Join date: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 103
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03-09-2006 05:26
Sometime within the last hour, I was using one of my reliable DD disks (the particular one I was using is something like 12 years old now). I was copying some documents to the disk for backup (goes into a fireproof safe after). I guess old habits die hard.
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Cory Edo
is on a 7 second delay
Join date: 26 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,851
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03-09-2006 09:21
Last summer at my old job. The secretary next door refused to use anything else. My boss, wierdly enough, also had a fetish for them and saved every one he could find. We had about 8 cases worth, just sitting around.
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Champie Jack
Registered User
Join date: 6 Dec 2003
Posts: 1,156
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03-09-2006 09:46
Whenever I last rebuilt my PC, since Windows still won't let you load RAID drivers from anywhere else.  ding ding ding ding 3 times in the last 2 months while building 3 new pcs with SATA drives. |
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Chance Abattoir
Future Rockin' Resmod
Join date: 3 Apr 2004
Posts: 3,898
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03-10-2006 00:54
Today. I needed to make a boot disk. 3 of the friggen disks that previously worked all failed in succession (even the one that was previously an install disk for a game on Tandy) and I actually had to BUY floppies to complete the task. Urgh. Humiliation.
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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03-10-2006 01:50
You know you can boot from CDs and USB pens, or even from the network card, depending on the card
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PetGirl Bergman
Fellow Creature:-)
Join date: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 2,414
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03-10-2006 02:00
What are a floppy disk?.....
Is it something like this: http://hemsidor.torget.se/users/r/runor/ /Tina - smiling wide... |
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Eggy Lippmann
Wiktator
Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 7,939
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03-10-2006 02:19
I ask you for boobies and all you can show me are runestones!
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PetGirl Bergman
Fellow Creature:-)
Join date: 16 Feb 2005
Posts: 2,414
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03-10-2006 02:37
I ask you for boobies and all you can show me are runestones! I talked to my some jelous GF about this.. hers are bigger.. (we checked it in a Mature zone) and she also TOLD ME TO NOT SHOW THEM..... ))))/Tina |
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Sean Martin
Yesnomaybe.
Join date: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 584
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03-10-2006 05:01
Taking appart an old floppy and using the disk as a frisbee to throw around the office is always fun.
 Except for the papercuts. _____________________
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Maxx Monde
Registered User
Join date: 14 Nov 2003
Posts: 1,848
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03-10-2006 06:06
I save all Eggy's posts on floppies, it just seems the right thing to do
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Murreki Fasching
Foxy Foxie
Join date: 31 Dec 2005
Posts: 17
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03-10-2006 06:23
Last week actually..
I was bored and found Doom 1 and 2 on floppy and installed them ^.^ long live Doom! ^_^ _____________________
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Burke Prefect
Cafe Owner, Superhero
Join date: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 2,785
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03-10-2006 07:07
Well. If you thought you had too much free time...
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Katiahnya Muromachi
Ninja Mistress
Join date: 25 Jun 2005
Posts: 130
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03-10-2006 08:20
Taking appart an old floppy and using the disk as a frisbee to throw around the office is always fun. Except for the papercuts. This actually made me recall an "incident" I had when I was about 12 years old. It was a hot mid-80's summer day that me and my friend Rachel spent going swimming and playing Ultima III. I don't remember how it started, but somehow me and Rachel ended up having a throwing star battle with 5.25" floppies, and Rachel scored a direct hit to my stomach with the Mail Order Monsters floppy. Since I only had a bikini on, the 5.25 actually broke my skin and stuck a couple millimeters into me, hanging there.. >_< Those Nashua's had some damn sharp corners. _____________________
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