On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:57:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:

>>Why's that?  (Surely you've heard the story I'm referencing....?)
>>
> Well it doesn't seem right for a so called professional to have the
> hardware but not the s/ware it should be the other way round. :) And no
> I can't place the story.

NASA had some old data tapes (from the Apollo missions IIRC) that they 
actually didn't have the hardware or software to read any more.  They 
finally found someone in Australia (again IIRC) who could read the tapes 
and pull the data off them.  :-)

Jim

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