On Saturday 28 August 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Andy, > > > I still have my old bbc micro and its "digital" (audio more like it!) > > casette recorder. using this python script I could do my backups to > > the cassette recorder - neat! > > Nice idea. I think they do C120s now for even more storage. And you > could use one of those new tape-to-tape decks to produce the offsite > copy. :-) That reminds me, I was going to see if my printer can handle > vellum. > > http://www.ollydbg.de/Paperbak/ > > > All I need is another python script to read the data back (and a few > > years!)- any offers of a read script? :) > > I think Dave mentions in one of the comments that it's coming along > nicely. If he does another article on that I'll let the list know. > > Cheers, > Ralph. > > > -- > Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 > http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ -- Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa Hi Ralph, Thanks for the link. This is really thought provoking. I can immediately think of lots of 3MB digital files (ascii text files containing personal items) that I would really like to save in a technology independent way - suitable for filing away in paper form - yet computer readable. (and it would survive an EMP! & can be sent as simple snail-mail)
Intriguing - I am experimenting with Paperback. You are a gold-mine! Regards Andy -- Andy Paterson -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
