Subj : Retro Computing
To : Derision
From : Chai
Date : Wed Nov 14 2018 03:29 pm
-=> Derision wrote to Chai <=-
De> Me too. I actually find myself using it quite a bit. Part of my job is
De> maintaining my company's elderly computers (the general ledger is still
De> run on the CP/M version of dBase...!) so being able to access floppies
De> is still super important (though my MacBook Pro no longer supports USB
De> floppies)
I just popped in a floppy disk into Windows 10 (latest update).
Formatting, copying, chkdsk, all still works with floppies.
I imagine Windows will one day omit the ability to work with floppies,
but it's kinda cool that it's still there. I'm honestly surprised that
they still support it, and I'm not surprised that Apple does not.
It's interesting to me that CP/M is still being used in production
environments.
De> Blu-Rays and DVDs are also great for backing up. And while I have an
De> AUX port in my car, sometimes I just prefer to have a few CDs I can
De> throw on and not have to worry about plugging my phone into something.
My vehicle has CD, MP3 CD, and AUX. It does not have a USB port, even
though USB ports were in most aftermarket systems at the time.
I keep telling myself I need to update my audio system in my car.
