[rollei_list] Re: Scanning
- From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:56:08 -0500
At 03:27 PM 10/17/2011, Thor wrote, in part:
How to store digital photos so the they can actually be accessed in
100 years? Copying to a new storage medium seems pretty obvious,
with the only problem being the requirement of continual supply of
energy to maintain the bits (or go to CD, DVD or BluRay and hope it
won't rot and/or be unreadable in 50 to 100 years). How many people
today can read a floppy disc from a scant 10 years ago?
When I put together this computer, which runs XP Pro and Unix, the
operating system refused to recognize 5 1/4" floppies. I still have
a dual 3 1/2" 5 1/4" drive but no operating system that will
recognize the larger diskettes.
Also, I know no one in this area that can read an 8" floppy. There
used to be, and may still be, a company in the San Diego area,
"Computer Conversions" that could read and convert just about any
media, but they may be gone by now.
DAW
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