jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Feb 6 14:48:12 CST 2009
The quality is quite bad compared to direct dvd. I am just slowly replacing the ones I care about. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Max Wanadoo wrote: > Well, you do know I suppose that you can transfer them to CD (or your pc, or > both). > Hardware about £80 here in Britland. Reads the VHS and outputs a CD. > > Max > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby > Sent: 06 February 2009 19:31 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [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 >> >>