[AccessD] OT: I'm old

When I built my second PC in 1982, I bought a double 1 mbyte 8" floppy drive for $600, all in one 
physical case.  I had heard of them hard disk thingies (and fixed them in the US Navy) but my single 
board computer didn't have an interface for it.

On a similar note, I have many boxes of VHS tapes in the basement, which I haven't even opened since 
we moved up from Mexico in 2000.  I actually do have a TV with a VCR built into it but when that goes...

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Max Wanadoo wrote:
> I have a feeling (but could definitely be wrong - memory and all that!) that
> if you only have ONE physical drive and you do copy a:*.* b: it will  prompt
> you to insert the next floppy disk in the physical drive when it has read
> the first floppy disk.
> 
> Max
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
> Sent: 06 February 2009 19:11
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old
> 
> The answer for Windoze XP is a resounding "No" I suspect. Could be wrong of
> course, but I'm sitting in front of a machine that does have a floppy drive
> (though I've never used it for anything), and the 'Change Drive Letter and
> Paths' dialog does not offer me drive A or B to choose from. That's probably
> because having a floppy, which is A, drive B is reserved for when you do
> something like
> 
> Copy a:*.* b:
> 
> Which will result in A having a schizophrenic interlude.
> 
> I just checked this out by disabling the floppy drive in the BIOS. After
> rebooting, a peek ad the drive management screen reveals...
> 
> Roll of drums...
> 
> A and B are still not available. So MS has just decided that floppy drives
> are an essential legacy support item. :-)
> 
> Lambert
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:53 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old
> 
> LOL.  And that does bring up an interesting question.  If machines don't
> have floppies at a: and B:
> any more, could we move the CD drives to there?  For ages I have routinely
> moved them to J, K and L just to get them up out of the way, but I now
> install a floppy drive just as long as required to load my raid drivers,
> then uninstall them again.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
>