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Re:The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive... by firecall on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @06:09PM (#29336290)
>A slight twist of this: I now have data old enough that accessing it with modern computers is starting to become a challenge.

I have that problem!

I have files in my Documents folder going back to the 90s and Classic macOS!

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Re:The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive... by bigiain on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @09:31PM (#29337655)
> I have files in my Documents folder going back to the 90s and Classic macOS!

Same. And while I can be sure I have them safely stored, I know for sure I have files I can no longer use because I don't have a way of running the applications needed to work with them. I must have _dozens_ gigabytes worth of copies of Zip disks and Syquest cartridges full of Macromedia Flash projects and Mac OS9 Filemaker Pro databases.

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Re:The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive... by selfhoster11 on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:09AM (#29351412)
Why not set up an emulated virtual Mac? It's not very hard these days, and the performance is not a concern with modern devices.
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Re:The 3-2-1 Backup Rule – Why Your Data Will Always Survive... by WalterBright on Thursday November 25, 2021 @01:25AM (#29338723)
My oldest files are from 1978.
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