I have a very good CD-RW, but I don't know enough about burning install disks. Will just copy the floppies onto a single CD, each in its own folder work or one CD per floppy.
George A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 6:26 AM Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies > At 06:19 AM 2/8/03 +0900, you wrote: > >The only problem (a sentimental one) with this for me is I will have to give > >up my Borland Pascal 7.0. I still have the original 12 or 13 720Kb 3.5" > >floppies and everytime I upgrade my computer, one of the first things I do > >is install it. I know it is old and has fallen out of use and favor, but > >Pascal has always been my favorite language, going back to Turbo Pascal on > >my Apple II+. I did much of my undergraduate work in Pascal (on a PDP-10) > >and most of my Masters work, writing a Pascal compiler in Pascal and an OS > >too. I still like to fiddle with it occasionally. I know I can get a > >floppy drive as an "extra" but it really must be a sign that I should start > >fiddling more with VB now. Sigh! > > Well next time you upgrade just get a CD burner and transfer it. I have one > now and its great! I put a lot of high-k RPG materials on them (such as > Wizards reprints of OOP as a .pdf, and Fanpro's publishing of old > Battletech stuff). The disks will last as long as I do and the format looks > like it will be around for a while (and if it goes the way of the do-do > I'll just burn/copy them onto a new format). Definitely useful... > > Damon. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Damon Agretto > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." > http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html > Now Building: Revell's Tiger Ausf. H > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
