The only problem (a sentimental one) with this for me is I will have to give up my Borland Pascal 7.0. I still have the original 12 or 13 720Kb 3.5" floppies and everytime I upgrade my computer, one of the first things I do is install it. I know it is old and has fallen out of use and favor, but Pascal has always been my favorite language, going back to Turbo Pascal on my Apple II+. I did much of my undergraduate work in Pascal (on a PDP-10) and most of my Masters work, writing a Pascal compiler in Pascal and an OS too. I still like to fiddle with it occasionally. I know I can get a floppy drive as an "extra" but it really must be a sign that I should start fiddling more with VB now. Sigh!
George A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 3:46 AM Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies > On 7 Feb 2003 at 12:38, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/02/07/dell.floppydisks.reut/index.h > > tml > > > > Dell saying bye to floppy disk drives > > My floppy drive died about 6 months ago and I've not bothered to > replace it. Between network, wireless network, ZIP drive and CD-RW I > plain don't NEED it. If that's true now, it'll be increasingly so in > the future. > > Andy > Dawn Falcon > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
