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What a stunningly responsible young man I was, to have on June 10 1998 backed up all my files on a Zip disk, which of course I now no longer have the hardware to read.

Dennis G. Jerz / 28 Mar 2020

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    2 thoughts on “What a stunningly responsible young man I was, to have on June 10 1998 backed up all my files on a Zip disk, which of course I now no longer have the hardware to read.”

    1. rosemary says:
      29 Mar 2020 at 9:53 pm

      I have a zip drive you can use/have…

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      • Dennis G. Jerz says:
        30 Mar 2020 at 1:22 am

        Wonderful! There’s no rush.

        And it’s entirely possible that I’ve got one tucked away in my office somewhere. On campus somewhere there might still be a legacy machine that still works. I am working from home and this doesn’t justify a trip.

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