Disasters and Recovery

From: Doug <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
Date: Sun Jan 17 15:47:29 1999

On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Chuck McManis wrote:

> One of the reasons I want to have a completely spec'd Pentium class
> computer is to create an archive that will survive a reasonable amount of
> time (100 years in a time capsule).

Don't leave them a clunky desktop box, leave them something like a sleek
Toshiba Portege 3010 (3lb notebook in magnesium case) along with a solar
cell so they can fire the thing up when they pull it out of the capsule.

Remove all batteries, of course.

-- Doug
Received on Sun Jan 17 1999 - 15:47:29 GMT