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Subject:Re: Bentley Manuals on CD-ROM :)
From:EMZ
Date:Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:13:01 -0500

10" floppy? What planet was that used on? I have a few 8" floppy
drives, but never had a 10" drive?

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Sean Birkner wrote:

> I think you may be a little off on that comment. In 20 years CD will probably have been replaced by something smaller that holds more info and then go the way of vinyl (or 10" floppy disks. Show either one on to one of today's youth and see what kind of looks you get).
>
> Yeah, the nostalgia will be a little different, but it will still be nostalgia.
>
> Sean B.
> '90 V'gon, "Happy Bus"
>
> Keith Adams wrote:
>
> > My more philosophical problem with Bentley manuals on
> > CD-ROM is that in 20 years, I don't see my kids
> > stumbling across it in the garage and going "Cool!"
> > and reading it, they way I did with my dad's 1968
> > Transporter manual, or an old copy of Muir's book.
> > There's no nostalgia in a shiny disk!
>
> > Keith Adams
> > Calgary, Alberta, Canada
> > 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia, 1998 Golf Wolfsburg Edition
>