Martin said:
I'd thought that a really small low power HD, say 1G for the OS, and
another flash drive might be a short term solution
It would, if we'd all use legacy software. Which BTW would be just fine
with me. Back in the late 80's I was able to do almost anything in
engineering I do now, on HDs in sizes ranging from 10MB to 40MB (I never
even went past 30% capacity on the latter). Yes, including the
generation of fancy module specs with schematic sections, SPICE plots
and analyzer plots in there.
But now many files won't even fit onto a 1.44MB floppy anymore.
Unfortunately we have to howl with the wolves here because we must be
able to read other peoples docs. Personally I tend to stick with the old
simple ways for stuff that remains local. For example, the complete set
of business records for one tax year is well under 1MB. And this
includes lots of database entries beyond what the law requires so should
there ever be an audit I can find stuff for them within seconds.
