Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 18, 2010 at 01:05 AM -0400, Mark Rabiner wrote: > One can be just as thoughtless about our choice of hard copy storage as we > are in our hard disk storage the result will be the same. > In this case you have floppies instead of hard disks one > could have their prints on newsprint or toilet paper sitting in the corner > the basement floor instead of 100 percent rag in metal cabinets off the > floor. I agree with you in principle. In practice, external hard disks were few and far between in 1993. Heck, that computer didn't even have a CD drive, much less a burner (I remember getting my first burner for the nice low price of $500 in 1998). Most of the slides and photos from my childhood, my parents childhood, etc., are still readable, if not in excellent condition. Even that non-archival Seattle Filmworks crap. None of which has had any fancy, archival storage, just thrown in a box to be forgotten about. Digital backup is wonderful. Very few people do it correctly.