until external storage tech slows down or stops paper is still the ubiquitous cross-platform medium... i tried... scanned in all impt documents and stored to tape, then MO, then zip, now am burning CDs?!!?! we are probably losing data ---how much data from 70s mainframes got transfered to more modern media ---or even got tested for a 'restore'?
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until external storage tech slows down or stops paper is still the ubiquitous cross-platform medium... i tried... scanned in all impt documents and stored to tape, then MO, then zip, now am burning CDs?!!?! we are probably losing data ---how much data from 70s mainframes got transfered to more modern media ---or even got tested for a 'restore'?