> 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?? IÂ’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 €œ3.5€� floppy drive€� and
they should pop right up. Newegg.com is another good place to find things
like this.