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Article #621818Re: 1967 SCM ad "Do your taxes the easy way!"
From: Peter Flass
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:52
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:52
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<hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 9:26:25 AM UTC-4, Peter Flass wrote: > >> Indexing record collections seemed to be a popular thing, especially as >> there was a fairly large intersection between audiophiles and computer >> hackers in the early days. Likewise ham radio operators. > > I did that, except it was with my cassette tape collection. > > Unfortunately, I've learned that cassettes, as well as cassette > players, do not last forever and I must make other arrangements. > > I considered buying one of those devices that burns a CD from > a record or tape, but I decided against it. First, the cost of > such a device would cover downloading fresh copies of many songs. > Secondly, I'd be copying from worn out records or cassettes and > end up with a crappy copy. Third, over time my tastes in music > has changed, and some songs I once liked have lost their attraction. > Years ago I copied a bunch of LPs to cassette so I could listen at work, and that worked out okay. I never bothered to make the jump to CD, since services like Pandora and Google are free. I _did_ inherit a gadget that allows copying VHS tapes to a computer (maybe as Mpeg?), but I have yet to try it. I've dumped all of my off-the-air recordings and most of the commercial stuff, but I have a few tapes with personal stuff on them that I'd like to copy. -- Pete
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