9 Aug
2016
9 Aug
'16
1:29 p.m.
| From: James Knott via talk <talk@gtalug.org> | On 08/09/2016 04:12 PM, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: | > I've given up on the use of tape. I use external hard drives for backup. | | You should always back up with tar to 9 track tape stands, the way the | computer gods intended. ;-) I did. Now I cannot read them. I have a box of them, slowly aging. I can still read my punch card and papertape backups, but *very* slowly (i.e. by eye). Open question: can I read my 5.35" quad density floppies (7th edition filesystem).