XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 15/8/2025 12:21 pm, Felix wrote:   
   > Felix wrote:   
   >> Xeno wrote:   
   >>> On 14/8/2025 2:38 pm, Felix wrote:   
   >>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:04:52 -0400, Alan K. wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> as /media/alan/DATA or /media/alan/C_Drive   
   >>>>> What happened to “A” and “B” drives?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> they're floppies   
   >>>>   
   >>> I haven't had a floppy drive in a computer for yonks, the last 3 new   
   >>> ones didn't even have CD/DVD drives.   
   >>   
   >> I have only a DVD drive in the main PC. In others I have floppy,   
   >> iomega, and blue ray DVD   
      
   My Blu-Ray isn't in a beast at the moment. In all the time I have had a   
   Blu-Ray drive I've never found a need for it. I think the first recorder   
   I had was in my PowerMac G5 but forgotten when that was installed - Macs   
   never had them, even as an option.>   
   > come to think of it, I also have one with a 5.25 inch floppy   
      
   I keep a single 5.25" floppy drive and a few 3.5" drives in a box out in   
   the garage. Haven't been used in yonks but they are retained - just in   
   case. You never know. The Blu-Ray is likely with them.>   
   >>   
   >>> Even the few PCs I have built in recent times - like the past 20   
   >>> years - had 250 Meg Zip Drives and they were rarely used. A: and B:   
   >>> names should be freed up to reflect current computer usage.   
   >>   
   >> I've always assigned the letter Z to the Zip drive. easy to identify   
      
   Makes sense.   
      
      
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