On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:56:57 -0500, Harry Krause wrote:

*JimH* wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
Yep, and cheap as you said. I have been using a 1 gig ScanDisk CruzerMini
for some time now. A very useful tool when indeed.



I actually bought the cheapest one I found at BestBuy. It was $30 for a
half a gig and when I got to checkout, the clerk gave me a $10 rebate
receipt.

Floppies were useful when you could boot a computer off them if your HD
failed. Nowadays, it takes a CD to boot up a ocmputer.

I remember when I bought my first IBM PC, in 83 or 84. It came with one
floppy drive, and a second floppy was $300. Sheesh. No hard drive in
that first unit, but you could get a TAPE drive.

(Ever thought of snipping your posts, guys??)

I gotcha on the "old-geezer-geek contest": My first computer had a 241K
drive: 8 inch! You could start your car whith the 120VAC drive motor.

Then again: from turning on the "on-switch" to editing a document (in
WordStar) was 20 seconds.

Lloyd