[WinMac] blast from the past
Ari Davidow(ari[at]ivritype.com)
On one of the platforms I frequent (if only infrequently), the subject of media that can be read years and years in the future came up. Tonight I got a pleasant exercise in retrieving some ancient Mac files.
In search of a booklet I had written about a talk I gave at Oxford
Much to my surprise, Retrospect was able to read the data, reconstruct a catalog, and, to my delight, the files I wanted were present. Upon restore I was even able to open the specific file, untouched since 1990 (Quark Express version 2.1?) in my current version of XPress.
I'm impressed. By gum, it's time to grab those FastBack floppies and see
ari
Ari Davidow
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