In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>> Yes, I am toying with getting a 400GB hard drive ... I guess we >>> just = >>> can't get enough of it ... :-) >>> >>> I wonder how many QL microdrives that is the equivalent of ? >> >> Using 400 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes and dividing by 110 * 1024 >> bytes we get a grand total of 3,813,003.6363 (recurring) microdrive >> cartridges. >> >> Is that enough ? >I guess we'll see Malcolm back here in about 10 years - after he's >finished backing up his 400GB hard disk to microdrive ;-) Umm ... don't joke Dilwyn. Although not on to QL microdrive I expect that we will all get to the stage where we will be backing up larger and larger amounts of data. >And I'd like to know the whereabouts of his warehouse to hold all >those cartridges. Or does he just have several garden sheds like Tony >Firshman. > >Though my experience of things suggests that if left in a cupboard for >10 years, the microdrives may well prove to be more readable than the >hard disk or floppy disk or CD or DVD! > >Most of the microdrives I still have are perfectly readable. Many of >the floppy disks from that period ain't - sadly, including disks with >sources to old programs like Page Designer 2. I've not experienced losing data through an unreadable floppy disk - always found them reliable. Of course, if stored well. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
