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[OM] Re: Oh, Digital, Wherefore Art Thou?

Subject: [OM] Re: Oh, Digital, Wherefore Art Thou?
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:23:24 +0800
Although just accidentally had my hard disk dead without keeping a good
backup, the basic rule I still follow good is first throw away the media
before reader. I had throw away all my 5.25" disk two years ago and then
later throw away the drive.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Lots of those still around. Shouldn't be that hard to get them moved to
> newer media.
>
> Moose
>
> Piers Hemy wrote:
>
> >Conversely, I have countless pieces of digital media up to 20 years old
> >which I am NOT able to view by eye.  Anybody got an Apple ][ 5.25" floppy
> >drive, a 720k 3.5" floppy drive, a 1.2MB 5.25" floppy drive?  Sure, the
> >answer is to archive from one medium to another as technology develops -
> >wish I had thought of it sooner.


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