Whats the B Drive?

[tami]

Originally posted by: CTrainBEB
man thats weak

then why did you ask, n00b?

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: malak

Originally posted by: FoBoT
this makes me feel old
but in another 10 years it will be posted "what was the A drive thing?"

Less than that. A lot less. Hell, anyone still use floppies? Last time I used one was in college and I had 3 die in a row and finally said no more.

Whats an 8-track

:Q

They're not THAT old.

http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/8track1.htm

 

[Babbles]

Wow, that makes me feel old!

It is almost scary that now there are computer users that never used a "B" floppy drive or seen a 5.25" floppy disk.

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Nothing can beat playing Oregon Trail in elementary school on Apple IIe's.

Oh yeah. Danm things didnt even have a HDD.

When I came to College I didnt bring any floppy disks. I just use my USB Jump Drive on my keychain, or put it on the network.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
8" floppy >*anyfloppy

Cheers!

Any girl will tell you that a 5.25" hard is better than an 8" floppy.

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
8" floppy >*anyfloppy

I still recall 8" Wangs.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi
Nothing can beat playing Oregon Trail in elementary school on Apple IIe's.

Pen and paper Oregon trail > Oregon Trail 1.0

Now there's like Oregon Trail 7 or something, and it's on windows too!

 

[Looney]

Sneaker network?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Amol
in my schools journalism lab, the A: is for floppies and the B: is for the zip drives . . . so KIND OF like the two floppy thing

WTF? All the zips I've ever seen are on D with the rest of the real removable media. Someone freaking manually assigned drive letters? What a filthy waste.

uh, yeah, ever heard of config.sys?

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: czech09
Oregon Train on 5.25" floppies bi's that was the shiit some 12 yrs ago or so...

God I loved that game.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Amol
in my schools journalism lab, the A: is for floppies and the B: is for the zip drives . . . so KIND OF like the two floppy thing

WTF? All the zips I've ever seen are on D with the rest of the real removable media. Someone freaking manually assigned drive letters? What a filthy waste.

uh, yeah, ever heard of config.sys?

d00d that's sooo Windows 95.
LIVE IN THE NOW!

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Amol
in my schools journalism lab, the A: is for floppies and the B: is for the zip drives . . . so KIND OF like the two floppy thing

WTF? All the zips I've ever seen are on D with the rest of the real removable media. Someone freaking manually assigned drive letters? What a filthy waste.

No, it's a jumper setting on the ZIP drive.

Someone CHANGED JUMPERS?! wtfbbq! Even bigger waste of time.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: sharkeeper
8" floppy >*anyfloppy

I still recall 8" Wangs.

This thread is degrading quickly.

 

[aplefka]

Anyone notice how fast zip drives failed? I remember how they were supposed to be a huge thing, but it seems as those CDs took the thunder.

 

[Beau]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Amol
in my schools journalism lab, the A: is for floppies and the B: is for the zip drives . . . so KIND OF like the two floppy thing

WTF? All the zips I've ever seen are on D with the rest of the real removable media. Someone freaking manually assigned drive letters? What a filthy waste.

No, it's a jumper setting on the ZIP drive.

Someone CHANGED JUMPERS?! wtfbbq! Even bigger waste of time.

It's the same jumper used to assign IDE slave/master.

If I still used IDE, I'd still assign s/m.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Amol
in my schools journalism lab, the A: is for floppies and the B: is for the zip drives . . . so KIND OF like the two floppy thing

WTF? All the zips I've ever seen are on D with the rest of the real removable media. Someone freaking manually assigned drive letters? What a filthy waste.

uh, yeah, ever heard of config.sys?

I vaguely remember it. Win9x and DOS. People still use those?

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
This thread is degrading quickly.

Wang drives might be a bit before your time.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: aplefka
Anyone notice how fast zip drives failed? I remember how they were supposed to be a huge thing, but it seems as those CDs took the thunder.

yeah, I still have one laying around in my basement.

the big problem with zip drives was the cost of media (something like $20/disk, IIRC) and the rate of drive failure (the infamous click of death). CDR/W's dropped in price in the late 90's, making optical storage a much better alternative. and now with popularity and inexpensiveness of thumb drives, there's really no point for their existance anymore.

I actually prefer my thumb drive over optical for a lot of things.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
This thread is degrading quickly.

Wang drives might be a bit before your time.

Nah, I know Wang. I've been actively looking to purchase one. It's the phrasing that's going downhill.

 

[wobbuffet]

Originally posted by: Colt45
what are you, 12?

no..i think hes 5

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Beau

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: Amol
in my schools journalism lab, the A: is for floppies and the B: is for the zip drives . . . so KIND OF like the two floppy thing

WTF? All the zips I've ever seen are on D with the rest of the real removable media. Someone freaking manually assigned drive letters? What a filthy waste.

uh, yeah, ever heard of config.sys?

d00d that's sooo Windows 95.
LIVE IN THE NOW!

if you think that's windows 95 you were born yesterday

 

[archcommus]

I'm only 17 but my first computer was a DOS beast with the monitor attached to the tower on some swivel base. I had some Pinball game where you could make your own custom board (move the flippers and objects), and Ms. Pac Man, of course on 5.25" floppies. I don't remember if it was B: or not, though, I'm guessing it was.

 

[Alex]

its more convention than anything else...

 

[ElFenix]

i propose banning anyone who doesn't know what the b: drive is

 

[Goosemaster]

It's whatever your imagination wants it to be...