[GingisK]

How is your paper tape reader holding up? How about your punched card reader? Even my 8" floppy driver is irrecoverably dead. I can still read my 5-1/4" floppies, so I moved them to CD/DVD ROMS. Those are now endangered species.

Thumb drives are based on FLASH memory. Those will hold their contents for twenty years. External hard drives appear to last about four years or up to its first drop.

The point I was making is that electronic media changes about as often as we change underwear. Printed books are the only true non-volatile memory at our disposal.

[TexasGator]

“Printed books are the only true non-volatile memory at our disposal. “

Did you see my previous photo illustrating the volatility of a printed book?

[TexasGator]

“How about your punched card reader? “

I uploaded all my punch cards back in the seventies and began using a terminal.

[bgill]

There are 98 and XP games I bought but never got to play because newer Windows versions don’t support them. Yeah, Billy Gates, care to comment?

[Professional Engineer]

The point I was making is that electronic media changes about as often as we change underwear.

Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.