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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers, alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.engineering.electrical, sci.electronics.basics |
| 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 rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 00:45 +0000
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Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 00:52 +0000
Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-27 08:44 +0200
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