Time to end this thread. 73, Eric List Moderator
Eric www.elecraft.com _..._ On Aug 21, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > Kind of mean-spirited, no? I have a number of files and documents > stored on 5 1/4" 360 KB floppies [remember those], including my master's > thesis. They were put there by me, mainly using an MS-DOS very early > forerunner to MS Office called "Enable" running on a 10 MHz AT&T desktop > built by Olivetti, with a green screen. I don't know where I could > find a 5 1/4" drive now, I don't know where I can find a copy of that > version of Enable [it stored stuff in some form of compressed binary > because 4GB USB sticks hadn't been invented then [OK, USB hadn't been > invented either] and it had to work within what today we would consider > laughable storage limits, and I suspect at least some of the diskettes > are no longer readable. > > Fortunately, I have printed copies of them, especially the thesis I > worked so hard on, and they are as readable as the day I printed them. > Does that make me a Luddite? > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > Auburn CA > > On 8/21/2011 7:42 AM, John Ragle wrote: > >> Why is it that a supposedly >> technologically-adept hobby like ham radio contains such a larger than >> average Luddite constituency? > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
