Computer manufacturers are abandoning floppy disks

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From Roman Alexandrov To Andrew Curds 1 May 2003

*** Reply to the letter in the aria MY_MAIL (Letters for me). Hello Andrew! 29 Apr 03, 23:45, Andrew Curds wrote to Roman Alexandrov on the topic "Computer manufacturers are abandoning floppy disks": AK>>> Have you heard about USB keychains? AK>>> They say everything! RA>> Expensive and frustratingly slow (5 times slower than CDRW). Took it back to RA>> store. Waiting for keychains on USB2. AC> Slower??? However, it seemed to me that everything was the other way around. Used the keychain AC> so now it’s painful to look at your 8mm CD-RW! ;-) By now it’s already 10 AC> key fobs can be filled to the brim with software. 350 kilobytes per second for the key fob versus about 1200 for 10x CDRW. Happy connections. Roman.