The latest MB is only 6 months old. I expect to use it for the next three years. In many way's it's not much more advanced than my Win9x test machine which I bought two years previously. I expect to be able to use it for the foreseeable near future.
Jostein Øksne wrote: > 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
