Posted by Wayne Parham [ 66.139.39.38 ] on February 03, 2004 at 11:31:23:
In Reply to: Archaic Storage Media Sermon posted by Dean Kukral on February 03, 2004 at 10:30:44:
Great post!
You're right about the problems with vinyl and tape. Of course they're vulnerable. Of course vinyl wears and can skip pop and crack. Tape is sensitive to demagnetization, drop-outs, bleed-through and wear. But then again, the "sampling rate" of vinyl and tape is much higher than that of CD's, or even of SACD's or DVD's. 
And, yes, I still have some old 5" diskettes. Even have some 8" diskettes. Better still, I have the drives to run 'em on. Also have 9-track NRZI tapes and some 10Mb and 277Mb removable disk packs. One has 2 platters and the other has ten, both are a nice portable size of 15" and as thick and heavy as a bowling ball.
Gotta love nostalgia, yeah!
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