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Re: [LUG] Making sure your memories are safe

 

> AFAICT, there is no format or archived media that cannot be read today,
> even ones that are already 50 years old. There will always be
> archivists and historians who will seek to use the old formats and that
> can keep the codec alive. As long as one person is interested in the
> format, the source code remains available and it can be updated to
> whatever is around at the time.
> 

so can you help me get some photos off some 5.25" floppies I have stored 
away?

The format may be OK, but the media may not. And I'm old enough to have 
some 8" floppies with interesting stuff on them.


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