New rsync mirroring at trailing-edge.com - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Sep 2011

I guess most of us on this list appreciate old and original copies of  things. I have a
small collection of old doc (although most of it is inaccessible to me at the moment) and
record albums, photo albums etc. Things just seem to become unmanageable as the years go
on and what was easy to find today can quickly disappear tomorrow. 

I echo your sentiments and Chuck's. A huge thank you to Al and all the archivists who
keep things available to others in this world of vanishing code, doc, etc. 

------Original Message------
From: Tony Duell
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Sent: 20 Sep 2011 18:01

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 Yeah, that's true. What you can buy today is gigantic compared to what 
 was available not so long ago but now everything is digitized so stuff 
 we used to keep on paper and video tape or 8 tracks and film negatives 
 is now on the hard drive. There's never enough room any more and there  
I guess that's how I manage to only need a tiny (by modern standards) 
hard drive. Manuals and books are on paper, photographs are silver images 
and audio recordings, well  not 8-tracks, please... 1/4" recording tape.

...
  probably won't ever be again.  
I think it's a well-known fact that you never have enough disk space (or, 
indeed, physical space for uour machines, test gear, tools, etc).

Joking aside, biutsavers is a tremendous resource from both the 
historical and practical standpoint. It is much appreicated here. Long 
may it continue!

-tony