Clearing out old junk
From
Daniel James@21:1/5 to
All on Tue Oct 18 13:08:48 2016
In trying to tidy some shelf space in the random-access storage area
known as my "study" I've realized that I have a lot of old media
containing (encrypted) backups of stuff I'll never need to restore (and
for which I may not have a note of the password, anyway).
Is it likely that anyone might have an interest in:
DC600A tape cartridges (600 feet of 1/4 inch tape holding 60MB)
2GB DAT cartridges (4GB with compression)
Panasonic LM-D702W "phase change" disks (500MB/side)
Panasonic "PD" "phase change" disks (650MB)
Most of the above are used, but some are brand new.
I have the drives for the tapes, and the may still work. The DAT drive
is SCSI and the DC600A drive has a dedicated ISA bus controller (not
sure I still have the (DOS) software for it, though).
The drives for the phase change disks stopped working long ago.
My instinct is that this is all junk and can safely be consigned to the
bin -- some of it goes back 30 years, after all -- but if anyone knows
of a museum with an interest in making back-ups on period hardware, or something ...?
[I look at the DC600A tapes and weep. They're solidly-built thick
plastic cartridges about 6" x 4" x 5/8", with an aluminium backplate,
and they hold less than the micro-SD card in my phone, which is about
the size of my thumbnail. How things change!]
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Cheers,
Daniel.
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