[Milsurplus] History of radios

[ed sharpe]

also can read 8 "" floppies, but you do make a good point... I do believe
the cd  format will be around longer than the 8" was though.... hope so
anyway...

multiple medias always the best!

point though.. if it is in electronic format, printed format can be
generated from it..


ed!
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>
To: "ed sharpe" <esharpe@uswest.net>
Cc: <Kargokult@aol.com>; <milsurplus@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] History of radios


> ed sharpe wrote:
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> > in reality the cd cost about a buck!  amazing!
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> True, but I find it difficult to read long texts on a PC. Also, sometimes
you
> have to pan pics or drawings. IMO, books are still pretty good. In 20
years,
> will there even be CD readers? Can YOU read a 7 track mag tape or an 8"
> floppy....  Damn, that's gonna start a new flame war.
>
> > the way to cover  info disappearing is the mirroring of sites.
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> And if the site you want has not been mirrored? I can find a used book
that is
> 80 yars old for $5 (A Radio Boys in the bthousand Islands, for example) .
Who is
> gonna mirror little wanted stuff for that long or that price  In the
1950's or
> 60's who cared about manuals for ARC-5's or No 19 sets. All that was
wanted was
> a surplus conversion manual (YUKKKKK).
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> -John
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