[re. floppies] Huh? All modern PCs have USB now

To use it, you need a USB device. They are not free. Floppies are just
about free.

As far as drivers go, Windows
has the USB storage device drivers built in.

No it doesn't. Windows 98 is missing lots of drivers, as is 95. And
yes, I encounter these systems all the time in my travels - my wife uses
a 3.11 machine which is fine for what she does (text).

Blank CDs cost less than a floppy

.... and generally can't be erased and reused like a floppy.

Floppies are still a terrific solution for simple text files (like Emails).

Jose
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