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  • Re: The Return Of Cassette Tape ... and punch cards?

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.folklore.computers on Fri Aug 28 22:20:31 2026
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    On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:39:42 -0400, knuttle wrote:

    If the many pages of my genealogy work were on paper, I could be
    found 100 years from now, be read.

    Assuming you chose the right paper, and stored it properly at the
    right humidity and temperature level, and the amount of handling was
    kept to a minimum.

    Physical artifacts degrade over time. ThatrCOs why you need data storage
    and propagation methods that are not bound to particular physical
    artifacts.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.folklore.computers on Sat Aug 29 22:02:39 2026
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    On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:38:36 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:

    On 2026-08-28 22:07, Peter Flass wrote:

    The benefit is digital is replication.

    That is if you do it fast as technology changes. I can hardly
    replicate my data stored in hundreds of floppies. Even old hard
    disks are difficult.

    No, it isnrCOt really that hard, with the right equipment and skills. Professional archivists do this as part of their job.

    Oh, and proper use of data formats which were open to begin with ...
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