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To: dhs12345
As did I. Nice that they are still available for around $20. There are things I like about the 3.5” floppy. Durability and ease/cheapness of mailing for one thing. The CDs require about $2.10 extra for postage, case and padded mailing envelope. Yeah, you can send them in a plain envelope and take a chance that they won't get there intact . . . or will be stolen. But NOBODY steals 3.5” floppies.
20 posted on 12/07/2013 9:37:33 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Lol. Good point.

Some of our equipment and the PCs that run them use floppy disks. We had to search the Internet for a 5.25” floppy drive and floppy disks. Paid $20 for a box. A lot more than I would have paid many years ago. Lol. Supply and demand.

The equipment is old but it would cost tens of thousands of dollars to replace.

25 posted on 12/07/2013 9:43:48 AM PST by dhs12345
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