XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 23:31:46 -0400, "186282@ud0s4.net"   
   <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:   
      
   >On 10/3/24 1:13 PM, Rich wrote:   
   >> In comp.os.linux.misc 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:   
   >>>    Optical disks - esp M-Disks - can LAST ... but they   
   >>>    are LOW-DENSITY by today's defs by a BIG margin.   
   >>>    It's also not clear if you'd be able to FIND a   
   >>>    DVD reader device 25 years from now. Even most   
   >>>    current PCs/laptops don't COME with those anymore.   
   >>   
   >> Which is exactly the problem.   
   >>   
   >> Your DVD 'media' might survive 1,000 years.  But if you can't buy a DVD   
   >> reader for any price, all that 'media' is useless.   
   >>   
   >> We've already seen that issue before.  Try to find a Zip disk or   
   >> SuperDisk drive.  If any could be purchased, they would all be from   
   >> places like eBay and of questionable operational quality.   
   >   
   >   I actually HAVE a gen-1 ZipDisk - parallel port.   
   >   They were supposed to be The Future  :-)   
   >   
   >   Now nothing even comes with a parallel port.   
   >   Does anybody sell a USB->DB25 Parallel ?   
      
   I put all by ZipDisks on CD-R, and have a directory on my current   
   computer with them on it as well.   
      
   I have another computer that still runs, but the monitor died, and i   
   was unable to replace it. It had an SCSI connection, which was   
   supposed to be the future. Has anyone seen anything with a SCSI port   
   recently?   
      
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