[Leica] TECHNICAL QUESTION?? ANSWER PLEASE???

[Steve Barbour]

> On Nov 20, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:
> 
> 2"x2"? Before CDs and memory sticks?
> 
> These 2"x2" square things I know were called "slides" but each only carried
> one image.  ie  floppies...
> 
> Or, are you referring to CF or Compact Flash? The first ones contained a
> tiny little hard disk, but soon replaced by flash memory. these are an inch or 1.5 in   they can carry many images... ie CF cards
> 
> I have a reader, and I'd be happy to transfer the images to another medium
> for you, provided there aren't millions of them. How many are we talking
> about? I'm sure local computer shops could be persuaded to do the same.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> HI CREW,
>> Yeah I know it's me asking a techie question! :-) Well you all know "I'm
>> clueless when it comes to techie things."
>> So please be kind to the "old lad." Thank you. :-)
>> 
>> Remember those little, I think they were about 2"X 2"square discs we loaded
>> all kinds of images on? Then technologies advanced and we moved to CD's and
>> Memory Sticks" And heaven knows what?
>> 
>> I have quite a number of those 2X2 discs, if that's what they're called?
>> 
>> Can I take them to some computer techie shop and have the info on them
>> downloaded to memory sticks of today? I'm sure there's a wealth of "old
>> images" loaded on them and I'd like to retrieve them if possible? And not
>> going to cost the Bank of Canada monetary reserves to pay for the change
>> over? :-)
>> 
>> At one time I did have a back-up hard drive, unfortunately the chap
>> installing it didn't do it right! YEP you guessed! So when we did have a
>> computer crash and burn I lost about 10,000 images because the back-up
>> drive
>> wasn't doing anything but taking up space in my little computer room!!! :-(
>> :-(
>> 
>> Your suggestions please.
>> 
>> Thanks a bunch.
>> 
>> cheers,
>> ted
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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