Not sure I agree with you about the no "media that came next" (that'll happen in the future, not the past), but you're right about the tapes. I'm old enough to remember wondering whether or not I should dump my tapes and buy into this new-fangled CD technology. :)
chris On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Many people put their precious recordings on to tape when tape became > available, whether reel to reel or cassette. This was long before CDs. > At one point there was no "media that came next." If you wanted to > preserve your recordings, you had to make tape copies. Maybe you're too > young to remember that, Chris ... <g>. > > Mafud said: > > > There are tens of millions of 78rpm records > > out there whose owners have not or do not > > think about transferring their data. Ditto > > for 8-track tapes, 45rpm records, 8 and 16mm > > movies. Why? > > Chris Brogden replied: > > > Where did we get talking about records? I'm talking > > about photographs. People didn't transfer their records > > because it was cheaper and easier to buy the CD version > > of the album. Think about it... there was no need to > > transfer their music albums because they could buy a > > copy on whatever media came next. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/pow/enter_pow.html > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/cameras/pentax_repair_shops.html > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
