RE: Alternative to floppy

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

It turns out that some USB memory sticks have write-protection tabs, so
they'd be just as good as a floppy in this regard.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Goldstein 
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:36 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Alternative to floppy
> 
> A current procedure tells the customer to save a 
> configuration file to a floppy disk, write-protect the 
> floppy, label the floppy, and store the floppy for future 
> reference.
> 
> Happy 2008! Floppy has left the building.
> 
> The PC in question wouldn't necessarily have a CD-ROM 
> burner, so that's not an option.
> 
> A thumb drive isn't as easily write-protected, and of 
> course some customers would be tempted to overwrite it 
> and use it for other purposes.
> 
> The PC in question wouldn't necessarily have e-mail 
> access, but it would probably have Internet access. 
> Still, it would be nice to come up with a cheap, simple, 
> hard-media alternative to the floppy. Any thoughts?
> 

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