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   -=> August Abolins wrote to Dave Drum <=-   
      
    AA> In a post between "Dave Drum : August Abolins", on 9/12/2019 3:49 AM   
      
    > I've no direct experience with degradation of SD cards - micro or std.   
    >   
    > But, I've had lost data/corrupted data on nearly everything else. Heat,   
    > bright light and cosmic rays seem to play some role. I've even had CDs   
    > and DVDs get trashy parts on me.   
      
    AA> Are those your own burned CDs or DVDs?   My commercial CD collection   
    AA> from when I first started buying those things in the 80s, still play   
    AA> beautifully.   
      
   Both - more so with the early Dave-made stuff. The later examples, done   
   with a much better writer have had less problems but still are nowhere   
   near perfect. And some of the "factory" optical media have developed   
   garbles and drop-outs.   
      
    > Having been bitten more than once I've adopted a practice of copying   
    > "important" files onto a separate device/medium then use a file comparison   
    > utility to check the result.   
      
    AA> copy /v  ..very handy.   
      
    AA> But doesn't the traditional gui drag-drop process automatically do a   
    AA> verify?   
      
   Sorta-kinda but this is Microsnot we're talking about here. I use a nice   
   freebie called "Winmerge" downloaded from Source Forge.   
       
    > .. Amiga made it possible. Commodore made it dead.   
      
    AA> Which reminds me, I have a wonderful Commodore calculator, SR-9190R.  I   
    AA> got it at a Consumer's Distibuting in the late 70's for about $50,   
    AA> new.  It essentially replaced my $400+ Texas Instruments programmable   
    AA> calculator just a few short years prior to that.  But the Commodore   
    AA> has the best keys and is the only one that still works!   
      
   My only Commode Door calculator is the little "stocking stuffer"/novelty   
   that looked like a 3.5" disk and was solar powered. I sold as many of   
   those as I could get my hands on (less the one I still have) when I had   
   my confuser store.   
      
   ... MS-DOS=suit & tie, Macintosh=cool shades, Amiga=high heels & leather   
      
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