Gee, my old LP's still play great. So do the one's that belonged to my grandparents. (And the analog recordings sound better, too. Sure, there's more noise, but digital music sounds "dead" to my ear. Analog recordings have a "life", a "vitality" to them that CD's don't have. Strangely, not everyone can notice this!) And I don't have to re-copy them every decade or so! Too bad there isn't a "turntable" analog word processor;) (typewriters don't qualify- they can't store data) Joe, you're lucky to get so much life from your floppies. Mine seem to die after only four to six months, even when well away from magnets. Cynthia's going to make us talk astronomy again, sooner or later, but this has been a very interesting thread. Chuck
I'm getting at is, if you have digital stuff that you want to preserve well into the future, it's kinda like food storage; you have to bring it up to date every so often, especially before it "expires" completely, or is no longer cost effective to do so.
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