[ColorForth] USB and other serial bit boffing

["Kurt B. Kaiser" <kbk@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Arthur W. Green" wrote:
> If colorForth persists on the PC, are there any propositions for the time > when floppy disks have simply been "outmoded"?

Steve Jobs aside, there always seems to be a need for some form of sneakernet
data transmission.  I suspect this will persist even when wireless and IR
become more prevalent.

> I am beginning to wonder about ZIP disks, which are *very slow* and CPU
> intensive for what they are. I am personally appauled with them, but I can't
> think of too many alternatives.

ZIPs seem to be on the downslope. People seem to be using CD/RW and DVD/RW more
and more. There may also be some USB devices in the pipeline, both disk and
solid state memory (like the Sony memory stick). I can't imagine making the
effort to interface colorForth to the CardBus (where there are things like a 5
GB hard drive on a PC card  $$$).

Regards, KBK
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