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Topic: Floppy Drive

Related:
  Floppy    Drive  
  Floppy Disk Drive    Hard Drive  
  CD ROM drive    Disk Drive  
  Floppy Disk    DVD drive  
  Test Drive    SCSI drive  
  Belt Drive    C drive  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Bill Gates
Favorite possession(s):Windows computer,  Apple Computer,  Linux box
Currently has on their coffee table:Mac Today,  PC World
Favorite activity(s):Karaoke
Favorite body part(s):Ears
Favorite book(s):"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
"Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating an HTML Web Page" by Scott J McFedries
Interest(s):Computers
Favorite computer game(s):Hacking,  Myst,  PacMan
Favorite online activity(s):Downloading MP3's,  Chatting on ICQ,  Finding warez
Favorite quote(s):"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C. A. R. Hoare
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

 Floppy drives are notable for the use of open loop tracking: they don't actually look for the tracks, but simply order the head to move to the "correct" position.
Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer

 The floppy drives have round lights and are stacked on the left; the hard drives have rectangular lights and are stacked on the right.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

 Floppy Drive Diagnostics Accurite's floppy drive diagnostic products are used to maintain established industry standards for floppy drive alignment, ensuring compatibility and interchange of data between users of floppy disk drives in various systems throughout the world.
Floppy disk images Floppy disk images are used to simulate floppy drives connected to the emulated Amiga.
Flashpath is a convenient floppy disk shaped adapter that lets you read and write data to SmartMedia using your computers floppy disk drive.
 
 
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2005-02-04 22:37:09
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2005-02-04 22:37:52 		topic that discussed about the brain of the floppy.
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