Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on December 29, 2019, 08:29:37 PM

It's an interesting article and experiment, but there are certainly some pretty big flaws in his arguments.

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If, for example, someone received today a floppy disk or a Sony minidisk from the 90s, it would be very hard to find a device able to read it now.

This is nonsense. With Amazon Prime and 10 bucks, I can have a floppy disk drive delivered to my door within 24 hours.

When I read that quote I was preparing to say the same...
And it's not only about floppy disks, got 40$? You can get a turntablewith built-in stereo.
Cassettes, that's even easier...

Actually, with the amazing progress in technology, we're able to make all the things that went out of use cheaper and more affordable than they were when they were used by millions. So this is quite a false problem....

Quote from: fillippone on December 29, 2019, 08:36:44 PM

You are absolutely right, but also you have to consider you are giving this to a complete unknown person, with an unknown set of skills. Of course I think We both can figure out how to connect a 5 1/4 floppy disk to almost any device, or find the correct derivation or standard for any key, but you have to consider he probably wanted to keep things as simple as possible to deal with non technical person.

You plug the USB adaptor into the USB slot....
If that is rocket science.... Cheesy