On Saturday, 25 December 2021 3:22:22 IST Steve Litt wrote: > said on Sat, 25 Dec 2021 03:13:54 +0200 > > >Until this thread I didn't even know there was such a thing as 8" > >diskettes. My first computer was an Apple IIe with 5.25" diskettes > >(from 1983). I used 3.5" diskettes too and disk on key but today I > >hardly use even disk on keys, although I used one last week after more > >than a year of not using it. And of course CDs I don't use any more. > >My parents have stories of using punched cards when studying in the > >Technion (around 1970). But I still use hard disks, and I assume that > >everything we use today will be obsolete in the next 50 years or so. > > And this is one of the greatest challenges to long term backup and > archiving. >
working long term backup that you do not need to update is a myth, both hard drives and cds die with time ( I had seen it few years ago when I was updating my archives to a newer media types). I had special db cases (bags?) and even then some of the cds had perished. _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
