I think you should differentiate between media obsolence and file format obsolence. Jostein
Den 13. februar 2015 20:34:02 CET, skrev "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]>: >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. >> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- 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.
