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category: Plato Computer 

Stack of FloppiesWhen I bought my computer, I didn't chose the option to install an 'old-fashioned' 3" disc station. Who even uses those old fashioned plastic things?

That was before I cleaned a hardly-used cabinet, and I discovered about 15 years worth of 3" discs.

Some of these contain homework and essays from school and university. Others have detailed character sheets of some the RPG characters I've played. And the rest (more than half of them) are collections of fanfiction stories, almost all in the genre of P/C and J/C (read my fanfiction at caldosh.com).

What do you think?

Should I buy a 3" disc station?

Should it be external or internal?

It's the difference between €29,95 and €8,95.

Leonieke Aalders
20-03-2006 14:34
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Bring them with you on your trip to Lunteren.
Also bring your HD or a pile of dvd-rw media.

I have so new music you'll like.

SATA is not a problem ;)
posted by: michiel (80.126.97.x) on: 20-03-2006 18:33
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If you buy one, I say get the external one. That way you don't have to go through the hassle of opening up the system just to install this thing. Plus, then you can take it with you if you need to share a disk with someone else who doesn't have a 3" disk drive!

of course, you could be really ambitious and copy it all to CD and never have to worry again. :)
posted by: Jennifer (207.71.246.x) on: 21-03-2006 00:21 http://www.icyshard.com

hmm, the whole idea is to copy them to CD :) *shock!* but I have to be able to access the stuff first ;)!
posted by: Leonieke (83.68.3.x) on: 21-03-2006 08:45
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External is a nice thing! Plug in.. plug out.
Also very handy for lappy's ;)
I don't use them myself anymore but at work we still work with them for some programs.
posted by: Sofie (213.119.196.x) on: 21-03-2006 16:59
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I have 4 laptops, and none of them have a floppy drive.
One has external, but I still have to find out how to get it to work ;)

I would take them to lunteren so my server can read them, or find someone else with a floppy drive.
Floppy's are obsolete.
posted by: michiel (80.126.97.x) on: 22-03-2006 18:25
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I still have an internal but not sure where I've put that one though.
posted by: Sofie (81.82.206.x) on: 23-03-2006 12:47
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was able to borrow an external from my dad - will have to make it work :)
posted by: Leonieke (83.68.3.x) on: 23-03-2006 19:54
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