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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards?

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From	"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject	Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards?
Date	Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:38:36 +0200
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On 2026-08-28 22:07, Peter Flass wrote:
> On 8/28/26 08:39, knuttle wrote:
>> On 08/28/2026 7:44 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:
>>> On 8/26/2026 5:42 PM, JJ wrote:
>>>> On 8/25/2026 6:25 PM, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So where's the floppy drive revival?!!
>>>>
>>>> They've been emulated from solid drive.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nothing can replace the durability and
>>> certainty of ink, pen/stamp and paper.
>>> They are physical, unlike electronics
>>> including computers and cellphones.
>>> Of course, there was/is fake and/or
>>> fading inks. Meow.... :)
>>>
>> That is one thing that bothers me, If the many pages of my genealogy 
>> work were on paper, I could be found 100 years from now, be read. 
>> Barring catastrophe.  The failure of an organization, or an 
>> unfortunate press of he delete key could remove 20 years of work.  I 
>> wonder it my hard drives would even be readable in 100 year.
> 
> The benefit is digital is replication. Instead of a roomful of monks 
> laboriously copying a manuscript by hand, that one press of a button can 
> replicate your work across the world.

That is if you do it fast as technology changes. I can hardly replicate 
my data stored in hundreds of floppies. Even old hard disks are difficult.

> 
> Of course this is only as good as the systems supporting it. I wrote 
> Ancestry asking what provisions they had for protecting my data in the 
> event of a bankruptcy or similar catastrophe, and didn't get a very 
> satisfying answer.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.

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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-25 20:34 +0800
  Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? jerryab <jerryab@juno.com> - 2026-08-25 09:39 -0500
  Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-26 05:16 +0000
    Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 19:47 +0800
  Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2026-08-26 16:42 +0700
    Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 19:44 +0800
      Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-08-28 08:05 -0700
        Re: The Return Of .... ink+pen+paper? clay tablet? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-29 10:23 +0800
      Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2026-08-28 11:39 -0400
        Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-08-28 13:07 -0700
          Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-08-28 17:36 -0500
            Re: The Return Of ... Dark Age? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-29 10:33 +0800
          Re: The Return Of .... monks laboriously copying a manuscript by hand? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-29 10:26 +0800
          Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:38 +0200
            Re: The Return Of ... replication old things? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 04:43 +0800
        Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-08-29 03:51 -0400
  Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2026-08-26 19:50 +1000
    Re: The Return Of .... Time of creation? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-29 10:36 +0800

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