New and old computers need to communicate: Many posts talk about how its just the old pcs that are a problem.
The problem is this. Most of the time when I do something that would require the use of a floppy it is because I have one machine that crapped out and the other machine is the source. Now, perhaps the old machine has a CD drive and I can burn a CD for it on the new machine, but probably the old machine can't boot cds. Going the other way. The new machine can boot CDs but the old machine does not have a burner.
Students: At my university the options for file transfer are ethernet and floppy. Most people (asside from CS/Engineering) do not have their own FTP servers. They could save the file and FTP from home to get it, but the university provides a very piddley amount of space which must be shared with your school email account. Floppy is still the best method for students to transfer their files at my university. As for the FTPing CS and Eng students, they still have to submit their programming assignements on floppies(at least in first and second year since they don't get access to the CS/Eng computers, just the general campus ones).
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New and old computers need to communicate:
/Engineering) do not have their own FTP servers. They could save the file and FTP from home to get it, but the university provides a very piddley amount of space which must be shared with your school email account. Floppy is still the best method for students to transfer their files at my university. As for the FTPing CS and Eng students, they still have to submit their programming assignements on floppies(at least in first and second year since they don't get access to the CS/Eng computers, just the general campus ones).
Many posts talk about how its just the old pcs that are a problem.
The problem is this. Most of the time when I do something that would require the use of a floppy it is because I have one machine that crapped out and the other machine is the source. Now, perhaps the old machine has a CD drive and I can burn a CD for it on the new machine, but probably the old machine can't boot cds. Going the other way. The new machine can boot CDs but the old machine does not have a burner.
Students:
At my university the options for file transfer are ethernet and floppy. Most people (asside from CS