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Standard User jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sat 21-Mar-26 17:43:17
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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Yes, I went through all my drives, and all mine validated, but those that took a very very long time to validate I put in a bag as "stop using". I assume either poor quality NAND or a very poor controller.

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Standard User Banger
(legend) Sun 22-Mar-26 00:50:19
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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What to do with a drawer full of floppies I have accumulated. Nothing to read them on unless I get a USB floppy.

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Standard User The_Voyager
(experienced) Sun 22-Mar-26 08:11:00
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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...and like me you probably have a drawer full of out of date cables which you'll probably never use again, I know I really need to declutter, maybe sometime before I kick the proverbial 🤣

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Standard User zyborg47
(legend) Sun 22-Mar-26 08:17:50
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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In reply to a post by The_Voyager:
...and like me you probably have a drawer full of out of date cables which you'll probably never use again, I know I really need to declutter, maybe sometime before I kick the proverbial 🤣


Me too, on the shelf behind me, certainly need to be sorted, also got memory that is out of date, but I don't want to chuck them, just in case someone wants them. There are people that still collects old machines.

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Standard User jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 22-Mar-26 10:33:37
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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What to do with a drawer full of floppies I have accumulated. Nothing to read them on unless I get a USB floppy.
They are history. One of my PCs that can't run Win11 has a 3.5" floppy drive, but I've never used it. Somewhere I have a USB 3.5" floppy drive, but its USB 1.1 speed

Magnetic floppy disks don't last forever, neither do USB drives. If anything you want, work out how to get it transferred. There are companies that do this, as they did VHS to DVD conversion.

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Standard User jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 22-Mar-26 10:34:40
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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I had loads, things like "Laplink" seral cables, DB9/DB25 to DB9/DB25 and then Parallel port ZIP drives etc. Now I just seem to have loads of short Ethernet cables where the RJ45 plug has a broken clip!

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Standard User Banger
(legend) Sun 22-Mar-26 16:39:44
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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In reply to a post by jchamier:
They are history. One of my PCs that can't run Win11 has a 3.5" floppy drive, but I've never used it. Somewhere I have a USB 3.5" floppy drive, but its USB 1.1 speed


My old Core 2 Duo machine has a floppy but since I changed PSU there is no power connector for it as modern PSUs dropped it.

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Standard User TinyMongomery
(legend) Sun 22-Mar-26 16:46:59
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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You can get a suitable adapter for about £3.
Standard User Banger
(legend) Sun 22-Mar-26 16:51:17
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Re: forgot how slow USB2 is


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So you can

Doh found 2 in my box of spares - floppy now working. laugh

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Edited by Banger (Sun 22-Mar-26 17:33:51)
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