Somebody ought to invent a Universal Machine!
> On 13 Feb 2015, at 19:47, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > Recent motherboards don't even have floppy controllers built onto them and no > one makes a PCI anything floppy controller add in board, so 5 1/4 floppys are > dead unless you happen to have an older machine, (I have one for running my > film scanner), you can still buy 3 1/2 inch USB floppy drives, but they're > not 100 percent compatible with anything. In fact I think it would be easier > to find something to read the paper tape than an 8" floppy. > >> On 2/13/2015 2:25 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> I saw a bit of a convo between two Facebook connections with this with >> one disbelieving that this could be a problem. "Someone, somewhere can >> read your old file formats", he stated confidently. >> >> I'm tempted to show him some 1" paper tape and ask him if he knows >> anyone who can still read that. >> >> But even relatively modern formats are effectively dead these days. >> How many of us could read an 8 inch MDS-80 floppy? A 5.25" CP/M or >> MS-DOS floppy? Even finding a PC or Mac with a 3.5" 1.44M floppy on it >> is non-trivial lately. In a pinch I can read 3.5" floppies, but I'd >> have to spend a couple of hours jury-rigging something together: an >> old PC from the basement, running FreeBSD and networked. >> >> My late 2014 iMac came with no CD/DVD reader/burner in it. I had to >> buy a USB one. >> >> The digital vellum idea is kinda like VMware, so I get it and it makes >> sense. But printing photos works for me too since I like to see them >> on my walls anyway. >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Christine Aguila >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Team: >>> >>> Just thought this might be of interest given a recent thread about >>> compatibility of DNG files on old software versions. >>> >>> To my mind, more importantly, it makes the case for paper :-)))—print your >>> photos—and an even better idea is to make photo books—which with Lightroom >>> are really fun and relatively easy to make. >>> >>> I’ve recently purchased some archival clam shell photo boxes for loose >>> photos, and they’ve been working out well. >>> >>> http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31450389 >>> >>> >>> The solution suggested by internet guru, Vint Cerf, seems interesting >>> enough, but printing either a single photo or photo books, should still >>> remain a viable option for showcasing and preserving all your lovely >>> photos—IMHO :-)!!! >>> >>> Cheers, Christine >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
