Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Digital academia
From: tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:02 -0400
References: <20100317201614.GB417@selenium.125px.com> <C7C72CD3.5F919%mark@rabinergroup.com>

On Mar 18, 2010 at 01:05 AM -0400, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> One can be just as thoughtless about our choice of hard copy storage as we
> are in our hard disk storage the result will be the same.
> In this case you have floppies instead of hard disks one
> could have their prints on newsprint or toilet paper sitting in the corner
> the basement floor instead of 100 percent rag in metal cabinets off the
> floor.

I agree with you in principle.  In practice, external hard disks were few 
and far between in 1993.  Heck, that computer didn't even have a CD drive, 
much less a burner (I remember getting my first burner for the nice low 
price of $500 in 1998).

Most of the slides and photos from my childhood, my parents childhood, etc., 
are still readable, if not in excellent condition.  Even that non-archival 
Seattle Filmworks crap.  None of which has had any fancy, archival storage, 
just thrown in a box to be forgotten about.

Digital backup is wonderful.  Very few people do it correctly.


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