reading legacy floppy disks

[Howard Gibson]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:33:03 -0400 (EDT)
phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org wrote:
> (Speaking of computer museums, I recall back in the early 80's a visiting
> high-school student remarked that the equipment in the Ryerson CS
> department would make a fine museum, and that they should simply change
> the label on the lab door. This story had wide currency, and suddenly
> there was a massive upgrade of the computer labs.)
> 
> P.

Peter,

   I took a C programming course at Ryerson back about ten years ago.  I had to go out and find a 5-1/4" floppy drive so that I could work offline.  Perhaps the computers I saw were the replacements for the computer museum you saw.  

   I still have the 5-1/4, at least until I find another need for the drive bay.

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