All --
Re converting your magazines to CDs -- If you do this, be careful what you're
letting yourself in for. The average life of a CD (the length of time it
remains "readable") can be as little as four years. No matter what electronic
media upon which you choose to record, you are faced with the certainty of
periodic checking and recopying/refreshing. On top of that, you have the
ever-accelerating pace of electronic technology development. How long will it
be before CDs are obsolete, and you won't be able to find a device that will
read them anymore? in 2012 your old Windows Vista PC will no longer be
functional. Remember 8-track tapes? Punch cards? 5-1/4" floppy disks? You
can use these only in museums. As any archaeologist can tell you, quality
paper can last forever. (Well, at least for your lifetime.)
Re turnouts -- There was a short note from Tim Stoltz in this morning's Yahoo
e-list that suggested that I overlooked his turnouts as a foolproof answer to
the scale/hirail compatibility dilemma. Tom and I have had a previous private
e-mail exchange about his turnouts. Tom claimed that his turnouts met the NASG
track standards. I countered that I did not understand how this is possible
while still accommodating hirail wheelsets. I asked him to provide evidence --
a drawing, a specification, or even a sample turnout that I could study. He
did not respond.
My invitation to him to allow an independent review of Tom's Turnouts still
stands. I have access to both the NASG Dispatch and the 1:64 Modeling Guide as
review outlets.
Dick Karnes
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