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

[Bill Nelsch]

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Philippe <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:

> I still have a PC running some sort windows stuff that can take both zip
> cartridge readers and and floppy disks - I'd feel honored to oblige
>
> Amitiés
> Philippe
>
>
> Le 20 nov. 2014 à 20:08, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> a écrit :
>
> > Oh, I don't remember how long it's been since I last had a computer with
> a
> > floppy drives. I am suspecting that, as John mentioned, they may be Zip
> > drives, which were about 4"x4". Floppies didn't have enough capacity to
> > hold one single image, really, but Zip drives did.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Ken,
> >>
> >> Thank you Ken most kindly for your transfer offer. However I wouldn't
> think
> >> of putting you through the misery of doing so given the numbers of
> discs.
> >>
> >> It seems my previous description of 2" X 2" disc wasn't correct as they
> >> were
> >> referred to 3.5 floppies.
> >>
> >> Thanks again
> >> cheers,
> >> ted :-)
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On
> Behalf
> >> Of
> >> Ken Iisaka
> >> Sent: November-20-14 10:23 AM
> >> To: Leica Users Group
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] TECHNICAL QUESTION?? ANSWER PLEASE???
> >>
> >> 2"x2"? Before CDs and memory sticks?
> >>
> >> These 2"x2" square things I know were called "slides" but each only
> carried
> >> one image.
> >>
> >> Or, are you referring to CF or Compact Flash? The first ones contained a
> >> tiny little hard disk, but soon replaced by flash memory.
> >>
> >> 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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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ken Iisaka
> >> first name at last name dot org or com
> >>
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> >
> >
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> > Ken Iisaka
> > first name at last name dot org or com
> >
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