magiccarpetride;685962 Wrote: > That was only forty odd years ago. One thing I've learned in my 20+ > years in IT -- digital rot never sleeps. You think you have all your > ducks in a row, until one fine morning you wake up with 173 data tapes > that no machine in the world can read again...
Not quite the same thing. First, there were only a "handful" of the original machines of that particular configuration. That's hardly the same situation as CD players or personal computers where millions upon millions of the devices are out there. Even then, they do have one of the original machines and it looks like their going to get their data off the tapes. Second, you'll also note the article said a "mistake" was made when copies of the tape were never received and/or archived by NASA. For most people who are simply listening to music at home, very little of our collection is as rare and irreplaceable as moon dust data tapes. There are prudent things we should do to protect our music collection, but once done, I prefer to leave the catastrophic worrying to others. -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93111 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
