Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:52:40 +0100 (MET)
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: fdutils.
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> >  Hmm, Sun used to have a software-controlled standard floppy drives years
> > ago... 
> 
> I'm not talking about Suns.

 I'm just pointing out there used to be no problem with making a
software-controlled eject for a legacy floppy device even long ago if one
wanted to. 

> >  Based on local obervations hardly anyone uses floppies anymore...  They
> > are mostly used for system rescue purposes, where the kind of a device
> > doesn't really matter.
> 
> ... except that you no longer can fit a reasonable system rescue/install
> setup on a floppy, so it *defintitely* matters.  Also, the floppy device
> is like a rash all over the hardware; it maintains a highly undesirable
> legacy.

 You only confirm what I wrote -- hardly anyone uses floppies, so there is
no need to keep mechanical compatibility in devices -- a complete dump of
1.44" FD support would be almost harmless.  Hence whether a Zip or a
LS-120 -- it doesn't really matter.  You need new media anyway. 

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+  Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland   +
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