I think you're confusing the media with the message (DATA).
IF the DATA on those old disks was important you should/would have
backed it up onto newer media & translated it into new formats.
My old Quattro Pro spreadsheets are long gone, but before I left them
behind, I moved the information they contained into and Excel
spreadsheet and from there into Open Office Calc. The same is true for
documents originally created in Professional Write (pfs:Write) whose
texts were moved to MS Word and ultimately (as of this instant) into
Open Office Writer.
Those digital photos I have that aren't in JPEG or TIFF are in PEF and
DNG. And I'm currently going back and running PEF files through the DNG
converter, although for now I'm keeping those old PEF files as backups.
On 2/13/2015 2:25 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
I saw a bit of a convo between two Facebook connections with this with
one disbelieving that this could be a problem. "Someone, somewhere can
read your old file formats", he stated confidently.
I'm tempted to show him some 1" paper tape and ask him if he knows
anyone who can still read that.
But even relatively modern formats are effectively dead these days.
How many of us could read an 8 inch MDS-80 floppy? A 5.25" CP/M or
MS-DOS floppy? Even finding a PC or Mac with a 3.5" 1.44M floppy on it
is non-trivial lately. In a pinch I can read 3.5" floppies, but I'd
have to spend a couple of hours jury-rigging something together: an
old PC from the basement, running FreeBSD and networked.
My late 2014 iMac came with no CD/DVD reader/burner in it. I had to
buy a USB one.
The digital vellum idea is kinda like VMware, so I get it and it makes
sense. But printing photos works for me too since I like to see them
on my walls anyway.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Christine Aguila
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Team:
Just thought this might be of interest given a recent thread about
compatibility of DNG files on old software versions.
To my mind, more importantly, it makes the case for paper :-)))—print your
photos—and an even better idea is to make photo books—which with Lightroom are
really fun and relatively easy to make.
I’ve recently purchased some archival clam shell photo boxes for loose photos,
and they’ve been working out well.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31450389
The solution suggested by internet guru, Vint Cerf, seems interesting enough,
but printing either a single photo or photo books, should still remain a viable
option for showcasing and preserving all your lovely photos—IMHO :-)!!!
Cheers, Christine
PS: Very little of the data from those 20+ old spreadsheets & documents
is relevant today. But, I was still able to read the files & use the
DATA up until the very moment I deleted it.
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