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

[Dave Daniel]

But, Jim, do you own an Edison cylinder recorder?

Nick
KC0WJN

Thanks for all the fish.
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All spelling mistakes are the responsibilty of the reader (Rick Renz, STK, ca. 1994)
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> On Sep 15, 2024, at 00:51, Jeff Hayas <jeff.hayas 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.
> 
> 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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