John Donohue (1:397/5258) wrote to Steven Horn at 13:34 on 20 Jan 2003:

 JD> Internet aside (graphics file attachment pictures of the grandkids,
 JD> driver files and ms word or adobe acrobat files that are too big to
 JD> fit on floppy), there were just too many instances of people
 JD> working with powerpoint presentations, or large documents and
 JD> spreadsheets (some of this stuff is/was  secondary school or
 JD> college class assignments); we needed more capacity then floppies
 JD> provided.

No one got worried about viruses which might be spread by accessing the
removable media drives?  This has certainly been a concern with floppies
and the Whitehorse Public Library generally insists on users only having
floppies supplied by the library for that session. 

 SH> I'd certainly be interested in viewing the site.  As 

 JD> gromit.westminster.lib.co.us/linux/

A fascinating little site.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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