We are all pack rats. “Safety copies” is how we justify duplicate files. Duplicate files used to require we kept stacks of floppy disks, remember those? Sony used to sell shrink wrapped bricks of 100 that I used to go through every few weeks. They were much nicer than the bails of 5 1/4 disks. How many of you had one of those big wood 3-drawer floppy storage cabinets for 5 1/4 floppies? I did. … FDupesRead more
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Why Your LS-120 Quit Working With Windows 7
I have posted numerous times about the LS-120. Just search this blog for LS-120 if you wish to read about it. You can also search on interestingauthors.com/blog. I don’t care what people say about it, when I’m writing, it fits the way I work. At the end of the day I make a backup and it not only fits in my shirt pocket to take home, I can write on the label so I know … Why Your LS-120 Quit Working With Windows 7Read more
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Just How Poorly are IDE Cables Made?
Since I’m working on two new books, I have, once again, gotten into my LS-120 backup habit. I have been copying files down to a Super Floppy on that one machine for a while now. The other day, when I had family type obligations, I decided to apply updates since I didn’t really have time to get into writing mode. After the updates were applied I decided to make one more Super Floppy backup for … Just How Poorly are IDE Cables Made?Read more
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The Problem With Thumb Drives
I’m writing this while formatting floppies. No, this isn’t something I wrote in the 80s and reposted. It’s January and time to put a bunch of stuff which has been accumulating in my office up for sale. Most will probably end up on eBay. The stuff I don’t want to ship will either go straight to recycling or I will have to finally take a look at Craig’s List. I imagine some of the really … The Problem With Thumb DrivesRead more
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Why the LS-120 Still Survives
I’ve written about the LS-120 on this blog before but I thought about it again today. You see, yet another Micro Center sales paper showed up. There were big sections for USB flash drives and SD cards, but nothing listed for organizers. I paid a visit to eBay to find a bunch of SD travel cases aimed at family vacationers, but nothing for desktop storage and organization. There was absolutely nothing for USB flash drives … Why the LS-120 Still SurvivesRead more