CHARLES ANGELICH -> DAVID DRUMMOND wrote:

 CA>>> The probability that you will continue to read/write to
 CA>>> FAT12 floppies is high. Even though people like to
 CA>>> complain about Microsoft and poke fun at DOS it is very
 CA>>> much in use, exists in the vicinity of almost every home
 CA>>> computer and will for the foreseeable future. :-)

 DD>> No sign of it at all on this machine - no emulation, no
 DD>> nothing (no diskette drive either).

 CA> I knew I should've added the disclaimer "Does not apply to Dave
 CA> - always the exception - Drummond". :-)

 CA> Look at your wife's computer. You'll find the DOS
 CA> diskettes/CDs/whatever at her desk. ;-)

No diskettes there at all (there is an XP and a Server 2003 CD though)

 CA> .. DOS the Ghost in the Machine!

The point is Charles that DOS is no longer "the Ghost in the
Machine". Many modern machines have never seen it. Very little will
fit on a diskette any more so their use is becoming far less prevelant.
Many new machines don't come with a floppy drive.

Files are moved via networks, or those little USB memory drive thingies.

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regards

David

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