[Fot] Books

Randall TR3driver at ca.rr.com
Mon Jan 28 22:41:55 MST 2013


> Why do it on dead trees?

I can't tell you how much computer media I have from just 20 or 30 years ago
that is totally unreadable today.  Zip drives, cartridge tape, 8" floppies,
5.25" floppies, hell even 3.5" floppies are a thing of the past.  Some of my
DVD backups from just a few years ago are no longer readable either.

But I can still read books printed 40, 50 even 90 years ago.  (Pretty sure
my 1872 book on chemical technology is a reprint, so I won't count that :)

-- Randall 



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