[AT] OT... sort of

[Dick Day]

Excellent points!  At my age, not sure how many format changes I see in my 
lifetime :)

Just as important as which format is currently in use is your method of 
backups.  I am not paranoid.  Ok, yes I am.  In addition to having a Windows 
Home Server backing up a nightly image of each workstation, I also back up 
to an external USB drive with segmented day-of-the-week backups. Plus... I 
also use rsync.net to nightly backup to an off-site backup facility.  That 
has become so cheap these days (about 70 cents per month per Gigabyte).  So 
with 3 layers of backups, I feel safe.

Thanks,

Dick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT... sort of


Yep.  I still had a very expensive (when new) but very servicable turntable 
hooked to a separate stereo system when I started the process, but I did 
need to purchase a $6.00 patch cord from Radio Shack to go from the 
Headphone Out jack on the stereo to the Line In on my computer.  I started 
doing it before the software was built-in to XP and I used a Microsoft 
Extension program to do the dubbing.

Be aware that once you start doing this, IT IS NOT A ONE-TIME THING.  Once 
you start archiving  -- audio, video, documents, photos, or anything, you 
have to be prepared to migrate the media as it changes (and it WILL.)  If 
you have a library that is into digital archiving, ask the person in charge 
of the process what their plans are for continuing as the process and media 
change?  If they give you that "deer in the headlights" look, then that 
means that they don't really have a plan.

For the bulk of my archiving, I put the material in PDF format.  The nice 
thing about that is that the text material that I archive ends up being 
infinitely searchable. That means that it ends up having a virtual index for 
your whole collection.  That's very handy for things like IPL's of tractor 
literature and parts catalogs.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Day <ddss at telebeep.com>
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009 21:53
Subject: [AT] OT... sort of
To: ATIS <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> I'm sitting here "ripping" my old albums to digital MP3 files
> and having a blast. It got me to wondering if anyone on the list
> has ever done this?  I have 100's of vinyl albums that I
> fear might one day get damaged, so I am preserving the songs on
> the computer.
>
> It's inexpensive and easy to do.  A $70 USB turntable and
> some free software is all you need. They didn't have "She thinks
> my tractor's sexy" back when vinyl was popular (please note the
> obligatory reference to tractors).
>
> Anyone else tried or thinking of trying this?
>
> Dick
>
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