At 6:15 AM -0800, 12/14/05, Jim Robertson wrote: >On 12/14/05 12:32 AM, "Kirk McElhearn" <kirklists at wanadoo.fr> wrote: > >> True, you can probably find a used old PC laptop for a couple hundred >> bucks; with luck, you might even find someone to give you one, if >> it's old enough. If the software is still on floppy disks, it must be >> pretty old and not need much of a processor. > >I think the software comes on floppies in part because the machine ITSELF >has a 3.5" drive. But the reason that the machine has a 3.5" drive is that it wants copy protection on the floppies. They could be using a USB port or a flash drive connector for a much cheaper price, but then they'd lose the copy protection abilities that currently have available to them. -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Robert Ameeti Women's breasts are like Electric Train Sets: They're meant for kids, but usually it's the fathers who wind up playin' with them. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>