On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:37:14 +0100, "al"
wrote:

Yes, those were the days ... buffer overruns weren't really an issue then!!
I still have my trusty BBC Model B with an extra 32k shadow RAM and a floppy
disk drive! All my best software's on tape though ... takes a bit of
patience to load it up ...

But going by recent stories in the news, your tapes will still be
readable when everyone else's backup CDs are only good to scare the
birds off their vegetable patches.
--
Stuart Baldwin
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