Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oh, Douglas I am sorry. Not an iphone though, steve > On Nov 20, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > That Steve's using an iPhone. Apparently, it hides comments in the main > body of the text - very well, well, too well. Well, many of us think that. > Nowadays, if you SNIP, you're a tech retard. > > Yours, retardedly > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philippe" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Steve Barbour" > <steve.barbour at gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 7:39 PM > Subject: [Leica] STEVE > > > Where's your message in all this? > > Amities > Philippe > > > Le 20 nov. 2014 ? 19:40, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> a > ?crit : > >> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ken Iisaka >>> first name at last name dot org or com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information