On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:10:06 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
> wrote:

> wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:40:03 -0000 (UTC), Jinx the Minx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> graham > wrote:
>>>> On 2018-09-19 9:15 AM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
>>>>> Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
>>>>>> On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 10:50:58 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>>>> On 9/19/2018 10:05 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And at first Windows was a pretty good GUI shell script! Then it fell
>>>>>>>> victim to the "kitchen sink syndrome"!! And that was just between Win
>>>>>>>> 3.1 and Win NT! Then Win XP made it even bloatier but at least XP was a
>>>>>>>> little more stable than all the rest since Win 3.1!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Most of us never saw the bloat with XP but is was far better than its
>>>>>>> predecessors. When I left work we still had an XP machine used for
>>>>>>> monitoring a process. As long as the hard rive holds out it will
>>>>>>> probably work for another decade or two.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've got an XP machine as one of the 6 computers in my office. I
>>>>>> build some of our software on it daily. I've got another one that's
>>>>>> powered down. It was upgraded to XP from Windows 2000.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone want an old 286 with Win 3.0 on it?? I?ve got one taking up space
>>>>> in my garage.
>>>>>
>>>> I have a 486 with a 5.25" floppy drive stored in the basement. It proved
>>>> to be useful when a client asked me for some data from a project that I
>>>> did back in the late 80s. I had to save the data to a 3.5" disc to burn
>>>> a CD on a newer model and then download it to my W10 desktop.
>>>>
>>>
>>> When I was packing up old computer stuff a few weeks ago for our move, I
>>> ran across a storage case filled with old 3.5? discs. I asked my 10 year
>>> old if she knew what they were, and her response was, ?is it an old Atari
>>> cartridge?? LOL
>>>
>> I have some too and somebody did say you can get a box that connects
>> via usb to the computer and view them again, kind of like to, can't
>> imagine what all was saved on them now.
>>
>
>You can! Amazon has them for under $20. Search for “3.5” floppy drive” and
>they should pop right up. Newegg.com is another good place to find things
>like this.

Thanks, will do.