Next time you buy a PC, you may need a separate PCI card for floppy support. Many of the current motherboards don't have that circuitry anymore. Jostein
On 12/5/06, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick Womer wrote: > > Frankly, I find discussions of "archival media" > > amusing. > > > > If you had an "archival" 5 1/2-inch floppy, where > > would you read it now, less than 20 years later? > > > I still have a dual 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 floppy drive that's in it's 6th or > 7th computer, (can't remember for sure), for just such an occasion. You > never know... > > Suppose you could find a drive, how would your > > computer interpret a vintage WordStar document? Heck, > > even the current MSWord for the Mac can't open Word > > 1.05 documents (and good luck finding a compatible > > floppy drive!). > > > > Our digital photos will "turn into pumpkins" because > > of technological change, not because of media > > deterioration. > > > > That bothers me; I can look at the slides my father > > took when I was a kid 50 years ago, and my kids can > > look at the slides I took of them 50 years from now, > > but who will be able to look at the pix I've taken > > with my ist D since March in another 10 years? Maybe > > not even me! > > > > It is a definite "down side" of digital photography. > > > > Rick > > > > --- John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/ > > > >> The author is a little biased towards one import > >> brand, but he gives good > >> reasons, and his technical insight into writable > >> optical media is worth the > >> read. > >> > >> John > >> > >> -- > >> http://www.neovenator.com > >> http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > >> > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
