Re: After 20 Years, I'm This Close To Finally Escaping Data Rot -Thoughts?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Bill Garber wrote:
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
> AIudnfrmId7-Nh7WnZ2dnUVZ_vOdnZ2d@giganews.com">news:AIudnfrmId7-Nh7WnZ2dnUVZ_vOdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
> > Dave Rawson wrote:
> >
> > > D Finnigan wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I bought my first Super Serial Card from DigitalDinos.
> > > > http://digitaldinos.com/DigitalDinos/Pages/ForSale/AppleII/docAppleII.htm
> > > >
> > > > Great pricing, and I highly recommend that site!
> > >
> > > They're currently out right now.  I'll keep an eye peeled.
> >
> > Another approach you should consider, because of its speed and
> > convenience, uses no Apple-like hardware at all:
> >
> > http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2503
> >
> > For $60 plus an old 5.25" HD drive (from an old PC, for example),
> > you get a fast way to convert *the front side* of all your disks
> > to images on the a PC.
> >
> > Converting the *back* side (if you "flipped" your disks to use
> > the back side) will require a modification to the 6.25" drive...
> >
> > Once the images are captured on a PC, CiderPress will make short
> > work of viewing and/or capturing all the text as PC .txt files.
>
>
> Interesting that you didn't give him the actual vendor's web site.
>
> http://www.deviceside.com/

The blog links to the vendor, and provides the motivation for
examining the actual product.

Frankly, the speed and convenience features it offers really make
it attractive for archiving disks.

I'll find out for myself soon enough.  ;-)

-michael

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