Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 26, 2009, at 3:36 PM, Bob wrote: > A piece in this morning's New York Times is worth considering: > > http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/should-you-worry-about- > data-rot/?hp > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/de73hw > > Bottom line: As we have discussed before, maybe paper (Blurb books?) > really is the best way to go for the important stuff. I have some first generation LP vinyl records that sound just as good on my modern digitally controlled turntable as they did on my $20 Columbia LP record player in 1950. I even have some 35 mm and 620 negatives from before that era that work just fine. But the point of the article is quite correct. It isn't the media that is the problem but the availability of suitable players. What current computer can play my 8" or 5 1/2" floppy discs? Even playing 3.5" floppies is getting more difficult. I even have some 2" floppies - a format which never caught on. So a 5 to 50 year life span of CDs and DVDs, assuming players are available, seems like an eternity. Larry Z