Re: Engineering Archaeology
Steve Litt via Ale <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:39:21 -0500 (EST) "jon.maddog.hall--- via Ale" <[email protected]> wrote: > One of my fears about e-books, the web and documentation that can > disappear as easy as "rm -r *", is that we will lose a LOT of this > information and not know where we came from and how we got here. Good backups allay that fear. What I fear is that over time current physical and software formats are replaced and disappear. I can't read my QIC tape backups anymore. I can no longer read my cptools floppy backups: Hell, I don't currently have a floppy drive installed. With cases no longer accommodating CD/DVD/BluRay, how long will it be until those become very difficult to get. I have nothing to read my old VHS video tapes. I have no way to recover any files from my ancient Kaypro 2x, even if I did have a floppy drive. It's very important to take old backups and convert some of them to newer formats every once in a while. LOL, I still have a crayon picture I drew in 1955 of my trip to the zoo. SteveT Steve Litt Featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Ale mailing list [email protected] https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo