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I meant "leave 100 behin dwhen you die."
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Arthur Entlich
Relying on e-bay to provide ways of reading old data formats sounds
pretty tenuous and costly to me. And you should speak to some people
who do this for a living, and ask them what a headache it is to
determine what format, what machine and what type of file structure was
used on found digital data.
Getting a reel of a mainframe datatape translated today is costly and
difficult. Yes, it can be done, but who will do it for personal
momentos? Do you still access your LP collection regularly? Are all
your LPs replaced with the same content on CDs?
As far as on-line storage goes, I would like to have two versions, one
for permanent public consumption (the ultimate "blog collection?) and
yet another which is passworded only to be available by legal, last will
and testament or password.
Art
pretty tenuous and costly to me. And you should speak to some people
who do this for a living, and ask them what a headache it is to
determine what format, what machine and what type of file structure was
used on found digital data.
Getting a reel of a mainframe datatape translated today is costly and
difficult. Yes, it can be done, but who will do it for personal
momentos? Do you still access your LP collection regularly? Are all
your LPs replaced with the same content on CDs?
As far as on-line storage goes, I would like to have two versions, one
for permanent public consumption (the ultimate "blog collection?) and
yet another which is passworded only to be available by legal, last will
and testament or password.
Art
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SleeperMan
Arthur said:
Well, at least, let's say that separate carts hold more ink... at least
canon's do. Then it' also one color cart is somewhat cheaper than combined
one, so at least you "think" you saved...
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Michael Johnson, PE
I've found older equipment on ebay that I could never have found else
where. For example, here's an old Edison cylinder type record player:
http://tinyurl.com/64xjc Granted it isn't cheap but it is available and
within the financial reach of most people. My guess is you can buy just
about any outdated media-reading equipment you want on ebay. As for
reels of mainframe tape, I don't know of many people that have personal
data stored on them. I know the company I worked for had all those
tapes transfered to new media when they made the switch to PC's. I
suspect most people/companies did the same that had data they wanted to
access on newer systems.
Although we won't find tape readers etc. on the shelves of the local
electronics stores in the future there will likely be enough surviving
pieces of equipment to fill the demand for most needs.
As for LP's I never got into that media in a big way. I did have quite
a collection of cassettes but have found every old group I wanted
re-recorded on CD's. I have been steadily converting them to MP3 format
and have about 65 gigs of songs on the computer. It won't be long until
my whole collection of CD's is converted.
I do think that on-line storage is probably the best way to make sure
our personal information continues on after we're gone. That is until
the on-line storage company that stores the data goes out of business.
where. For example, here's an old Edison cylinder type record player:
http://tinyurl.com/64xjc Granted it isn't cheap but it is available and
within the financial reach of most people. My guess is you can buy just
about any outdated media-reading equipment you want on ebay. As for
reels of mainframe tape, I don't know of many people that have personal
data stored on them. I know the company I worked for had all those
tapes transfered to new media when they made the switch to PC's. I
suspect most people/companies did the same that had data they wanted to
access on newer systems.
Although we won't find tape readers etc. on the shelves of the local
electronics stores in the future there will likely be enough surviving
pieces of equipment to fill the demand for most needs.
As for LP's I never got into that media in a big way. I did have quite
a collection of cassettes but have found every old group I wanted
re-recorded on CD's. I have been steadily converting them to MP3 format
and have about 65 gigs of songs on the computer. It won't be long until
my whole collection of CD's is converted.
I do think that on-line storage is probably the best way to make sure
our personal information continues on after we're gone. That is until
the on-line storage company that stores the data goes out of business.