[bookport] Re: how do you use you book port?
- From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:12:00 -0400
I save allot of my data on hotmail. It keeps it on the web in case of a
local crash. I also have a 150 gig external hard drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hill" <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: how do you use you book port?
: Nothing is perfect, multiple copies comes the closest. I have a flaky
: 256mb flash card, it went bad often enough that I put it aside and now
: only use it for non-critical stuff.
:
:
: On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:10:07 -0400, you wrote:
:
: >Hello,
: >
: >I do have most on cds, but lost one to what I suppose was cd rot. Also
: >the portability an usability of the book port turned me in this
direction.
: >
: >However, thanks for your concern and will also continue saving books to
: >cds as one more safeguard.
: >
: >Ed,
: >
: >At 10:02 PM 7/12/2005 -0500, you wrote:
: >>If you want permanent storage, you should use something else. Flash
: >>is okay, but a couple of good cd backups are a better backup bet.
: >>
: >>
: >>On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 22:55:54 -0400, you wrote:
: >>
: >>>Hello!
: >>>
: >>>I have been collecting etext books for over 15 years and wanted to
have a
: >>>device to save them on away from the computer. I have lost many
books to
: >>>computer crashes and thought that this would be a safer way both to
store
: >>>and read these books.
: >>>
: >>>This entire process has been a learning process for me. I had never
heard
: >>>of the Book Port until recently and did not know what a compact flash
: >>>card was until about a month ago.
: >>>
: >>>I wish that this thread had materialized a bit sooner. I would have
: >>>still purchased the book port, but would have gotten several smaller
: >>>compact flash cards and not the 2 gb one.
: >>>
: >>>The Double Talk speech is quite good, not as good as Artic Business
with
: >>>the sonyx card or later on with the Dectalk Express. However it is
still
: >>>worlds ahead of the Echo speech I first started out with on my Apple
II E.
: >>> If you want to get some idea what that was like, find a old classic
: >>>Braille n Speak and listen to Echo in all its glory!
: >>>
: >>>I have not had much time to do much reading with the book port, since
I
: >>>have been digging out floppies, cds and dumping them into folders
on my
: >>>computer and transfering them onto the bookport.
: >>>
: >>>I really like text files much better than digital ones as I can play
them
: >>>as fast as I want and can get so many more onto a card. I can
literally
: >>>carry my personal library in one hand and can access its books and
read
: >>>them from the device containing them.
: >>>
: >>>What else could one want?
: >>>
: >>>Thanks APH for this little guy and also thanks to all who have helped
: >>>get me up and running with it!
: >>>
: >>>Ed,
: >>>
: >>>
: >>>
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: >
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