From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 31 13:35:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5D3C5CD for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:35:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F5FA8FC1C for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:35:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f54.google.com with SMTP id jf20so707045bkc.13 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:35:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=TAmLZJsm6uXRbfzgCI8zPhkfY76oOPCnY+jG6PynFBg=; b=YXFd/nKLALDu/rS3/I2toBsW95K2+VKHubY94nnimfsmy8UvLo9ESq88O8OjOUvrIu BazRXy5qbObFQ/1fJaR2nNrgIn/X2QB4rFDMdwc7nuZlgNR+SswM/0ZnFx17MRZBVeWp ZayogP5u2rVYaTfEcry6Zd3++yBExpQVQvdnW2/l3fVoodX14Ts4QUUPEfsUYQSB/Cqh bTWuNeA008buY7s+Mg8BwDfazi/8YmK81iN3h03yv7lH/F/l250n2qSZrIOq25NVHwfz dPfxN3+l/yBUbUbfO33vjhXv8zX1PlOnfXNexKhD+unT/Ukgw75as+86+ociGYNMveK1 WghA== Received: by 10.205.137.7 with SMTP id im7mr11036601bkc.25.1351690557813; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:35:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.50.197 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:35:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <50911902.2050302@fjl.co.uk> References: <50911902.2050302@fjl.co.uk> From: Chris Rees Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:35:27 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ZVT7TcEDNz03TA-gnAuecdWfh3M Message-ID: Subject: Re: removing the article about zip drives To: Frank Leonhardt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:35:59 -0000 On 31 October 2012 12:26, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > On 31/10/2012 01:46, Eitan Adler wrote: >> >> I'd like to remove >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/index.html >> >> - it is old > > > True - doesn't mention USB version, and comments in the introduction are > dated (100Mb isn't exactly high capacity any longer). > > >> and crufty >> - some instructions are now wrong > > > Pity > > >> - no one uses ZIP drives anymore > > > Not so! Not often, but there is data on Zip cartridges out there, the same > as there is on floppy disks. I come across them about once a year, but I'm > nerdy like that. > > Whilst the article in question could benefit from an update, its the best > there is. I wonder if 64-bit Windows is capable of working with some Zip > drives any longer. This is another good reason to use FreeBSD. > > I have a collection of pretty much every Zip drive ever made (and some still > work!); I could try out the instructions and see what still works. > You may have a point, but it's unfortunate for your argument that you chose to compare Zip drives with floppies-- we have also removed the floppy installation instructions.... Chris