Floppy discs (2 Viewers)

[Katie123]

today at enrollment i got this sheet saying that floppy discs are being phased out...and it it better to carry around some usb thing with storage on it as its more reliable etc.... is this true and where do you get them from

 

[Cape]

floppy discs don't have enough room to save anything on them at uni. especially if you download journals and things like that. you can buy usb thingos everywhere, dick smiths, officeworks, etc etc etc, just depends what one you want.

 

[Katie123]

floppy discs don't have enough room to save anything on them at uni. especially if you download journals and things like that. you can buy usb thingos everywhere, dick smiths, officeworks, etc etc etc, just depends what one you want.

cool thanks for that
would rep ya but cant..pop ups wont pop up

 

[Phanatical]

They're most commonly known as USB Keys or Flash Drives, and you can get them in 32MB up. I have a 256MB key from Officeworks for just under $50, which I carry with my keys. You will find at USYD that most computers there have USB ports on the front of the computers, so it's easy to just plug it in and access data.

 

[Slidey]

Floppies? HAHAHAHA!

I'd say you'll like flash memory more. Easier to use, smaller, more reliable and can store more stuff.

 

[inasero]

best place for usb of course, is eBay...1G (1024 Mb) for around $100

 

[flipsyde]

Floppy discs dont store much and they can be unreliable.. I had some stuff on a floppy once and then the floppy wouldnt open.l.. U can get USBs from Dick Smith
Tandy, Office Works and any other electronics/sulppy store

 

[Shuter]

I hope most of the computers are bluetooth or at least IR enabled, then I can just use my phone to store everything.

 

[Sarah168]

err. how much can u store in your phone?

 

[bubble_tea]

u could get ones that play mp3's too!

My cousin bought mine from Taiwan, its 512kb, can record sound and play mp3's, all for about $100

 

[flipsyde]

heh I have a USB stick thats the size of half my pinky.. it holds 256MB and Ill also have my MP3 player with me so I can store things on that to... heh.


I got an MP3 player for $143

 

[Shuter]

err. how much can u store in your phone?

I have a Nokia 6230 so I can do almost everything with it and I put at 512mb MMC card in there at the moment.

 

[jase_]

Get yourself an iPod Shuffle. You can use it both as a USB drive (either 512MB or 1GB) and also as an MP3 player! They start from around $150 and will be out soon!

 

[alien]

best place for usb of course, is eBay...1G (1024 Mb) for around $100

i thought 1 gig was 1000 megs

 

[flipsyde]

yeah but usually you get a bit extra.. like with CD-R nad CD-RW sometimes you get like 706 or 710MB on it ... if ur lucky... somtimes ull get 657mb.. luck of the draw

 

[alien]

o ok cool ta

 

[smallcattle]

i thought 1 gig was 1000 megs

1 megabyte = 1024 bytes
1 gigabyte = 1024 megabytes

 

[flipsyde]

yah.. 8 bits to a byte

 

[jase_]

1 MB actually equals 1024 KiloBytes and 1KB equals 1024 Bytes and 1 Byte equals 8 bits. A bit can be represented as a 0 or 1. A bit of computing 101 for you there .

 

[flipsyde]

well done ... I learnded something