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    1. RE: Disk Preservation
    2. Volchek
    3. How many people still have computers that can read a 5-1/4" floppy disk which used to be standard just a few years ago? Take a look at the computers that are coming out now. More and more do not even have 3-1/2" floppy diskette drives, but 100 MB or greater Zip drives. A 2-1/2 year old today would be lucky to be able to read a disk created today by the time she reaches 1st grade. When she's old enough to care about her grandfather's autobiography, I doubt if there would be a computer anywhere that could read the disk. Is anyone even saving old computers? Yes, print it out on acid-free, archival type paper and store it carefully if you want it to last. Jean K.

    09/01/1999 03:34:48