Re: The plight of the humble floppy disk

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From: Chris McDonald
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 22:21

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"DalienX" <somewhere@earth.com> writes:

>The floppy is dead.
>Recently i seen a pack of 10 TDK floppys on the shelf for $12, right
>next to them was a pack of of 50 TDK CDR's for $35. Do the math 0_o

Recently a 1930's Bentley sold at auction for a record near AUD$7M.
There was a picture of it in the newspaper, right next to an advert
for a brand new Kia Rio.  Do the math.

Chris.

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From: Chris McDonald <chris@csse.uwa.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: The plight of the humble floppy disk
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