[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <> > As its something thats been on my mind recently, there is one piece of > advice I have for someone in your situation: While you have your QL up > and running, if you havent already done so, backup any old microdrives > and floppies to hard disk and CD/DVD as soon as possible! > > Per, > > backing up and securing all that I could find was one of the first > things I did when browsing through the stuff found. I must admit that I > was amazed how many of the disks were still perfectly readable after > more than 10 years of gathering dust on the shelf (Only the cheaper > disks found were unreadable, .fortunately I had all my important > back-ups on high-quality disks.
Of course you did! ;-) > I have serious doubts whether modern, CD-ROM based systems could keep > the data for so long. I would never use CDs or DVDs for long-term > storage of important data. CDs and DVDs are the "medium of the day" (as were microdrives and floppies in their day). Round the next corner are HD and Blu-ray, perhaps, so then we'll have to copy all our important data once again. Im not sure I could commit to moving all my stuff onto an internet based data warehouse, as a number of pundits advise, both for reasons of reliability and security as well as privacy. Has anyone any idea about the longevity of flash ROM? At least for our QL-generated data we have the advantage that the size of that data is comparatively small (except in Dilwyn's case (http://www.dilwyn.uk6.net/index.html), of course ;o) However, the greatest danger to our data is the obsolescence of the hardware/software to run the software to properly access the data! Most of my most importnt personal data is still generated on the QL, as I reckon I have more control that way. Per _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
