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Re: [OM] Image storage

Subject: Re: [OM] Image storage
From: Jim Couch <JamesBCouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 11:39:24 -0800
Simple answer Brian, output the digital image to film for archiving! <evil grin>

Jim Couch

Brian Swale wrote:

SNIP

> What will the photo industry do to take care of old image files in 5 years'
> time?  Ten years' time? Forty years' time? Will the media and the software
> still exist that are needed  to access them?  The speed of change in the
> computer industry has me doubt it. When did you last see an 8-inch floppy
> disk - (if ever). They were in use in my employer's office 10 years ago for
> word-processing.. Now you try and find a machine to read them. What about
> punched cards for computer input?  I last used them 20 years ago. Could
> you find a card-reader now?

SNIP



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