[PLUG] long-term data storage

[Kyle Accardi]

Wil Cooley wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 14:20, Kyle Accardi wrote:
>>So the question is: Is there any practical way to run those wonders of 
>>yesteryear?

> By "run" do you mean you're interested in getting the data to more
> current media?  If so, I'd guess your best bet is serial communications,
> such as transferring them with Xmodem.

I meant plug them into a modern pc and read data.  Brief googling indicates 
the answer is no.  The host machine has gone to Xerox 820 heaven (or the 
thrift store equivalent).  Looks like the drives required, among other 
things, 24vdc.

It was just an idle thought, pretty sure I printed out everything important 
at the time.  At least life has continued these 14 yrs since decomishioning.


Cheers,
Kyle Accardi