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-=> August Abolins wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 AA> In a post between "Dave Drum : August Abolins", on 9/12/2019 3:49 AM

 > I've no direct experience with degradation of SD cards - micro or std.
 >
 > But, I've had lost data/corrupted data on nearly everything else. Heat,
 > bright light and cosmic rays seem to play some role. I've even had CDs
 > and DVDs get trashy parts on me.

 AA> Are those your own burned CDs or DVDs?   My commercial CD collection
 AA> from when I first started buying those things in the 80s, still play
 AA> beautifully.

Both - more so with the early Dave-made stuff. The later examples, done
with a much better writer have had less problems but still are nowhere
near perfect. And some of the "factory" optical media have developed
garbles and drop-outs.

 > Having been bitten more than once I've adopted a practice of copying
 > "important" files onto a separate device/medium then use a file comparison
 > utility to check the result.

 AA> copy /v  ..very handy.

 AA> But doesn't the traditional gui drag-drop process automatically do a
 AA> verify?

Sorta-kinda but this is Microsnot we're talking about here. I use a nice
freebie called "Winmerge" downloaded from Source Forge.
 
 > .. Amiga made it possible. Commodore made it dead.

 AA> Which reminds me, I have a wonderful Commodore calculator, SR-9190R.  I
 AA> got it at a Consumer's Distibuting in the late 70's for about $50,
 AA> new.  It essentially replaced my $400+ Texas Instruments programmable
 AA> calculator just a few short years prior to that.  But the Commodore
 AA> has the best keys and is the only one that still works!

My only Commode Door calculator is the little "stocking stuffer"/novelty
that looked like a 3.5" disk and was solar powered. I sold as many of
those as I could get my hands on (less the one I still have) when I had
my confuser store.

... MS-DOS=suit & tie, Macintosh=cool shades, Amiga=high heels & leather

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