Subj : Re: Thats the picture...
To   : Peter Knapper
From : Holger Granholm
Date : Fri Feb 25 2005 09:46 pm

20-Feb-05 08:36:06, Peter Knapper wrote to All
Subject: Thats the picture...

PK> Its time to retire my old Pentax Camera (15+ years old) and look
PK> at Digital (still) Cameras that I can use with OS/2 (either W4 or
PK> eCS 1.2), and it seems to me like the best option is to head for
PK> something that uses a removeable media such as memory sticks, that
PK> I can then access under OS/2. Does anyone have a working setup
PK> that covers this scenario?

Hi Peter,

Ever heard about the digital twilight?  Do you want your grand-grand
children to be able to still see those photographs decades later?

All digital media are hit by the digital dusk sooner or later, rather
sooner. There's no digital or magnetic media that will keep the
information intact for more than a few years.

You also have to consider the gear that should read those media.
For example, if needed, do you still have a computer with which you
can read MFM harddisks and/or 5 1/4" diskettes?

I'm not only old and/or old fashioned but also experienced enough to
know that film negatives and paper printouts are saved intact for
decades.

My films, books and magazines from 1945 are still in perfect shape.
Try that with any digital/magnetic media!

Have a nice day,

Holger

PS. I'm sorry that I have been absent from this and all other echoes
    since Feb. 15th but that's because my Fido Host has been down. TS.

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