[Meatloaf] C Components Storage Twenty percent of hard drives used for long-term music storage in the 90s have failed

[Jeff Hayas]

Jim -
You are a True Librarian-Archivist to preserve all the tech to read
obsolete magnetic-storage formats. (One presumes you do not have a
paper-tape reader.)
-- Jeff.H

On Sat, 14 Sept 2024 at 22:06, Jim Hatfield <iamworthit at gmail.com> wrote:

> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
>
> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> For great justice.
>
> Mr. Goodwill...
> I have adapters for most anything,  if you want to copy it.
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 7:51 PM frank at cozmic.com <frank.szeflinski at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >
> > All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> > You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> > For great justice.
> >
> > That's why I'm writing on papyrus rolls and storing them in caves.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 4:42 PM Dave Daniel <kc0wjn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> > >
> > > All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> > > You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> > > For great justice.
> > >
> > > Well, there's always "the cloud" ..... LMAO.
> > >
> > > DaveD
> > > KC0WJN
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the fish.
> > > ==============================
> > > All spelling mistakes are the responsibilty of the reader (Rick Renz,
> > STK,
> > > ca. 1994)
> > >
> > > ==============================
> > >
> > > > On Sep 13, 2024, at 18:37, Robert Raicer <rjr80544 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> > > >
> > > > All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> > > > You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> > > > For great justice.
> > > >
> > > > ALL storage devices fail eventually, regardless of usage.  And that
> > > > "eventually" is getting quicker rather than longer.  Among other
> > reasons,
> > > > this is why organizations like NCAR have dedicated systems which do
> > > nothing
> > > > but continuously replicate data onto all kinds of storage systems,
> > > > generally geographically dispersed.  And the replication processes
> > often
> > > > entail conversion to different formats/representations.
> > > >
> > > > Welcome to our fragile digital world!
> > > >
> > > >> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024, 3:49 PM Dave Serls <dave at dashs.denver.co.us>
> > > wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> > > >>
> > > >> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> > > >> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> > > >> For great justice.
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:16:27 -0600
> > > >> pt <mnemotronic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> > > >>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> > > >>> For great justice.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > >
> >
> https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/twenty-percent-of-hard-drives-used-for-long-term-music-storage-in-the-90s-have-failed
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Please wash your hands after handling this mail. Thanks!
> > > >>
> > > >>  It's a two-edged sword:  the playback technology for any media will
> > > >>  obsolesce at some fraction of the storage longevity.  It's all
> > > >>  "Linear A" in the end.
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >>
> > ************************************************************************
> > > >> *   Dave Serls                                 Littleton, CO, USA
> >   *
> > > >> *   dashs.denver.co.us                         http://www.dashs.com
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