Re: "Pilgrim's Progress"

From: "Ron Iles" roniles at eircom.net> on 2001.07.24 at 21:01:16(7109) Michael! Ireland is obviously a very damp place also. There are five ten years old de-humidifiers here so no problem with our digital & analogue equipment but we don't need continous diurnal ventilation. No way could we let analogue archive tapes get moist. A reversed inexpensive dehumidifier venting to the outside air? Maybe air conditioners are just as cheap in Oz? Have you tried CDRW guaranteed 50-100 ys? I mostly chucked little floppies long back. In expensive Ireland printers which would do justice to the IAS Dialogue cost <200 Euros. Living in the wet tropics first consideration would be dehumidifiers, airconditioners & musicalmoztraps. Ron +More ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 4:25 PM Subject: Re: "Pilgrim's Progress" > Here in the tropics , floppy discs have a very short life , not lasting more > than a wet season if not stored completely sealed . The drives do not last > very long either , have gone through 2 so far ! And 2 modems fried by our > summer storms , wish I could afford an air-conditioned office! > > Michael Pascall,Curator,WHYANBEEL ARBORETUM,F.N.Q,AUSTRALIA > > > __________________________________________________ _______________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >

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