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csziggy

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13. I have a couple of 5.25" drives up in the attic

Reply to usonian (Reply #10)

Tue Aug 9, 2022, 01:44 AM

Aug 2022

They go with the Commodore 128 my father kept even after it quit working decades ago. I also have the TI-99 new in the box that he bought for Mom - she didn't want it and never used it. I think there might be a floppy disk drive in the box with it.

You mentioned zip drives. When I bought my fourth computer about 1998 or so, the choice was between a zip drive or a CDR burner. I selected the CDR. Still have some of the original CDRs I burned on it and they are still readable, data still good. I was far too smug when the info about the "click of death" came out.

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15 boxes?? Who does stuff on hardcopy anymore??? The White House???? [View all] LAS14 Aug 2022 OP

TFG doesn't use computers. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #1

Hard copy lasts longer Retrograde Aug 2022 #2

The Federal Government elleng Aug 2022 #3

Could be a lot of hard drives in those boxes. C_U_L8R Aug 2022 #4

One of the specific items that he supposedly took was that "Love letter" that the leader of napi21 Aug 2022 #5

It has been a very long time but digital classified information is a bear. usonian Aug 2022 #6

Digital devices become obsolete and unreadable at a shocking rate of speed. We have floppy discs... Hekate Aug 2022 #9

Yes, you've answered a larger issue than the classified information one. usonian Aug 2022 #10

I have a couple of 5.25" drives up in the attic csziggy Aug 2022 #13

I went very briefly with some thrift store commodore stuff usonian Aug 2022 #14

I got these because I didn't want them going to the dump csziggy Aug 2022 #16

Noble intention! usonian Aug 2022 #20

Sorry to burst any bubbles here, but grumpyduck Aug 2022 #7

What's this about 15 boxes? I'm late to the party. Beakybird Aug 2022 #8

tfg packed up & took WH docs home to FL with him, some extremely classified. crickets Aug 2022 #12

Who does stuff on hardcopy anymore??? Banks, Hospitals, Doctors, etc.. tenderfoot Aug 2022 #11

Not my bank. Not my doctor. Not my hospital.... Well.... maybe my hospital. nt LAS14 Aug 2022 #15

Lawyers. Believe me, lawyers use hard copies. Liberal In Texas Aug 2022 #17

not T-Rump RussBLib Aug 2022 #18

Analog is best for easy, long-term, off-the-electronic-grid storage. SYFROYH Aug 2022 #19

Some wingers were posting that Trump was negotiating for the boxes release. slater71 Aug 2022 #21