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Posted: 07 September 2004 10:49 AM
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So get this…I started law school today. They tell us that for $10 a person we can take our exams on our laptops instead of pen/paper. The catch? You must install their software (no biggie) and you can only hand in your e-paper via floppy. Great. I just ordered Sony’s 3.5” USB drive…I’ll post a review late this week when it shows up.
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Posted: 07 September 2004 12:12 PM
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[quote author=“tifosiv122”]So get this…I started law school today. They tell us that for $10 a person we can take our exams on our laptops instead of pen/paper. The catch? You must install their software (no biggie) and you can only hand in your e-paper via floppy. Great. I just ordered Sony’s 3.5” USB drive…I’ll post a review late this week when it shows up.
Erik
Where are you going to get it? online/store?
Posted: 07 September 2004 12:45 PM
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You can get those on Ebay going from $12 to $25. It is just a cute VAIO floppy drive that all the review it needs.
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Posted: 07 September 2004 03:34 PM
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[quote author=“invisiblefly”][quote author=“tifosiv122”]So get this…I started law school today. They tell us that for $10 a person we can take our exams on our laptops instead of pen/paper. The catch? You must install their software (no biggie) and you can only hand in your e-paper via floppy. Great. I just ordered Sony’s 3.5” USB drive…I’ll post a review late this week when it shows up.
Erik
Where are you going to get it? online/store?
Ordered it from Staples.com, $49.99 shipped.
I wasn’t really looking for the best deal, I just wanted it quickly.
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Posted: 07 September 2004 03:35 PM
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Thats the one I got…
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Posted: 07 September 2004 04:39 PM
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:D
Posted: 07 September 2004 04:49 PM
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[quote author=“tifosiv122”]I just ordered Sony’s 3.5” USB drive…I’ll post a review late this week when it shows up.
Be careful with the Sony USB 2.0 (2x) floppy drive. Works great, you can really notice the speed difference but it will not boot a TR. Minor dissapointment for emergency situations. My other slim LaCié boots and works fine.
Best,
Posted: 07 September 2004 04:54 PM
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[quote author=“tifosiv122”]
Thats the one I got…
Erik
It looks like a very nice drive, I hope you enjoy it. :ph34r:
As long as you’re going retro, may I suggest:
Posted: 08 September 2004 02:14 AM
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[quote author=“tifosiv122”]
Thats the one I got…
Erik
I got the same thing from fry’s a month ago.
Posted: 08 September 2004 02:15 AM
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[quote author=“subjective”]
:D
You should have put Memory Stick Duo at the bottom ,too :mrgreen:
Posted: 08 September 2004 02:27 AM
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[quote author=“invisiblefly”][quote author=“subjective”]
:D
You should have put Memory Stick Duo at the bottom ,too :mrgreen:
While your at it put a mechanical hard drive in there.
Posted: 08 September 2004 02:48 AM
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Actually the FLASH doesn’t belong there. But a couple of generations of Bernoulli and Zip cartridges might.
Posted: 08 September 2004 04:42 AM
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[quote author=“dbs”]Actually the FLASH doesn’t belong there. But a couple of generations of Bernoulli and Zip cartridges might.
If the poster was trying to show the evolution of portable storage, then Flash is the most advanced, IMO. The Zip drive is definately dead.
Posted: 08 September 2004 06:48 AM
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Then he should start with a removable disk cartridge, they were big, but they did have a handle.
Posted: 08 September 2004 07:21 AM
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[quote author=“dbs”]Then he should start with a removable disk cartridge, they were big, but they did have a handle.
If you really want to get technical, he should have started with an old metal file cabinet. :D
