[AccessD] OT:VHS to CD

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Feb 6 14:48:12 CST 2009


The quality is quite bad compared to direct dvd.  I am just slowly replacing the ones I care about.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Max Wanadoo wrote:
> Well, you do know I suppose that you can transfer them to CD (or your pc, or
> both).
> Hardware about £80 here in Britland.  Reads the VHS and outputs a CD.
> 
> Max
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: 06 February 2009 19:31
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old
> 
> When I built my second PC in 1982, I bought a double 1 mbyte 8" floppy drive
> for $600, all in one 
> physical case.  I had heard of them hard disk thingies (and fixed them in
> the US Navy) but my single 
> board computer didn't have an interface for it.
> 
> On a similar note, I have many boxes of VHS tapes in the basement, which I
> haven't even opened since 
> we moved up from Mexico in 2000.  I actually do have a TV with a VCR built
> into it but when that goes...
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> 
> Max Wanadoo wrote:
>> I have a feeling (but could definitely be wrong - memory and all that!)
> that
>> if you only have ONE physical drive and you do copy a:*.* b: it will
> prompt
>> you to insert the next floppy disk in the physical drive when it has read
>> the first floppy disk.
>>
>> Max
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
>> Sent: 06 February 2009 19:11
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old
>>
>> The answer for Windoze XP is a resounding "No" I suspect. Could be wrong
> of
>> course, but I'm sitting in front of a machine that does have a floppy
> drive
>> (though I've never used it for anything), and the 'Change Drive Letter and
>> Paths' dialog does not offer me drive A or B to choose from. That's
> probably
>> because having a floppy, which is A, drive B is reserved for when you do
>> something like
>>
>> Copy a:*.* b:
>>
>> Which will result in A having a schizophrenic interlude.
>>
>> I just checked this out by disabling the floppy drive in the BIOS. After
>> rebooting, a peek ad the drive management screen reveals...
>>
>> Roll of drums...
>>
>> A and B are still not available. So MS has just decided that floppy drives
>> are an essential legacy support item. :-)
>>
>> Lambert
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 1:53 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old
>>
>> LOL.  And that does bring up an interesting question.  If machines don't
>> have floppies at a: and B:
>> any more, could we move the CD drives to there?  For ages I have routinely
>> moved them to J, K and L just to get them up out of the way, but I now
>> install a floppy drive just as long as required to load my raid drivers,
>> then uninstall them again.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
>>



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