Blacky, a Kodak 4802 IDE 4xWrite 2xRewrite cost $439 (but now cheaper as the new model is out
) and Kodak Disks are $2.30 each if you buy them in lots of 100 or more.
Towers, I havent bothered with the rewritables as you can make multi session disks and they can be read in any CD drive. The CD/RW are only able to be read by some drives, mostly burners.
I agree with your comments, I mean how many people now have 5 1/4 Floppys..... (Glad I didn't ask
that on Jet Blast!!) Hell I even have some stuff on the old 8" floppys, may as well chuck them out as I doubt that there is a functional 8" drive left in the world....
The CD format is just as likley to go the same way, just a matter of someone coming up with something bigger/better/faster/cheaper.
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Thought from the early 80's:
"How will I ever fill up this massive 10 Meg Hard Drive"
Kinda makes you think........Especially seeing that it cost more than my CD Writer and that was in 80's dollars......