Rick Womer wrote: > Frankly, I find discussions of "archival media" > amusing. > > If you had an "archival" 5 1/2-inch floppy, where > would you read it now, less than 20 years later? > I still have a dual 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 floppy drive that's in it's 6th or 7th computer, (can't remember for sure), for just such an occasion. You never know... > Suppose you could find a drive, how would your > computer interpret a vintage WordStar document? Heck, > even the current MSWord for the Mac can't open Word > 1.05 documents (and good luck finding a compatible > floppy drive!). > > Our digital photos will "turn into pumpkins" because > of technological change, not because of media > deterioration. > > That bothers me; I can look at the slides my father > took when I was a kid 50 years ago, and my kids can > look at the slides I took of them 50 years from now, > but who will be able to look at the pix I've taken > with my ist D since March in another 10 years? Maybe > not even me! > > It is a definite "down side" of digital photography. > > Rick > > --- John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/ > >> The author is a little biased towards one import >> brand, but he gives good >> reasons, and his technical insight into writable >> optical media is worth the >> read. >> >> John >> >> -- >> http://www.neovenator.com >> http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > >
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