Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I still have a PC running some sort windows stuff that can take both zip cartridge readers and and floppy disks - I'd feel honored to oblige Amiti?s Philippe Le 20 nov. 2014 ? 20:08, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> a ?crit : > Oh, I don't remember how long it's been since I last had a computer with a > floppy drives. I am suspecting that, as John mentioned, they may be Zip > drives, which were about 4"x4". Floppies didn't have enough capacity to > hold one single image, really, but Zip drives did. > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Ken, >> >> Thank you Ken most kindly for your transfer offer. However I wouldn't >> think >> of putting you through the misery of doing so given the numbers of discs. >> >> It seems my previous description of 2" X 2" disc wasn't correct as they >> were >> referred to 3.5 floppies. >> >> Thanks again >> cheers, >> ted :-) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf >> Of >> Ken Iisaka >> Sent: November-20-14 10:23 AM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: Re: [Leica] TECHNICAL QUESTION?? ANSWER PLEASE??? >> >> 2"x2"? Before CDs and memory sticks? >> >> These 2"x2" square things I know were called "slides" but each only >> carried >> one image. >> >> Or, are you referring to CF or Compact Flash? The first ones contained a >> tiny little hard disk, but soon replaced by flash memory. >> >> I have a reader, and I'd be happy to transfer the images to another medium >> for you, provided there aren't millions of them. How many are we talking >> about? I'm sure local computer shops could be persuaded to do the same. >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> HI CREW, >>> Yeah I know it's me asking a techie question! :-) Well you all know "I'm >>> clueless when it comes to techie things." >>> So please be kind to the "old lad." Thank you. :-) >>> >>> Remember those little, I think they were about 2"X 2"square discs we >> loaded >>> all kinds of images on? Then technologies advanced and we moved to CD's >> and >>> Memory Sticks" And heaven knows what? >>> >>> I have quite a number of those 2X2 discs, if that's what they're called? >>> >>> Can I take them to some computer techie shop and have the info on them >>> downloaded to memory sticks of today? I'm sure there's a wealth of "old >>> images" loaded on them and I'd like to retrieve them if possible? And not >>> going to cost the Bank of Canada monetary reserves to pay for the change >>> over? :-) >>> >>> At one time I did have a back-up hard drive, unfortunately the chap >>> installing it didn't do it right! YEP you guessed! So when we did have a >>> computer crash and burn I lost about 10,000 images because the back-up >>> drive >>> wasn't doing anything but taking up space in my little computer room!!! >> :-( >>> :-( >>> >>> Your suggestions please. >>> >>> Thanks a bunch. >>> >>> cheers, >>> ted >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Ken Iisaka >> first name at last name dot org or com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Ken Iisaka > first name at last name dot org or com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information