From: pschleif@speakeasy.org   
      
   On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:05:19 -0600, Robert Heller   
    wrote:   
      
   >At Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:27:09 -0500 Michael Finfer    
   wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> On 12/4/2014 9:24 AM, conklin wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > Unless you print out your pictures from digital media, every few years   
   will   
   >> > make your storage medium obsolete.   
   >>   
   >> Has not happened yet, and there is always a transition period when you   
   >> can transfer images from one medium to another.  The old days of floppy   
   >> disc drives are gone, but those discs could not even hold one of the   
   >> images that I take today.  Those things are not relevant to this discussion.   
   >>   
   >> I have all of my images in several places, my hard drive, at least two   
   >> external hard drives, and good quality CD's or DVD's.  One of those   
   >> external hard drives is kept at work in case my house burns down.  I   
   >> just bought a 2 TB drive that will last me for some time.  So far, the   
   >> industry has made all of its optical drives backwards compatible with   
   >> the older formats, which is really just a software issue, and I see no   
   >> sign that that is going to change.  I am not worried.   
   >   
   >Right.  It is more an issue with video tape.   
      
   Yes, I copied all the video tape I want to save onto my hard drives (I   
   have 10 TB so the space is not a problem) and DVD, but that involves 2   
   or 3 pieces of aging equipment (depending on the tape format), none of   
   which will be replaced.   
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