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Does anyone else keep documents that are long past their sell by date and yet continue to take up space on the hard drive? I do this. I'm asking this because tonight I found an old text file I had back in 1999, when I joined a Star Trek Play by Email game. The text file is the bio for my character. Take a look:

Name Maximillian (Max) Thomas Parker
Rank -----
Posting -----
Age 30
Birth Date 3/17/2352
Place of Birth Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Earth
Race Human
Parents: Edward J. & Elizabeth C. Parker
Height 5' 10"
Weight 81kg

Languages:
Federation Standard (English)
Terran Languages: French, Japanese, Russian, German

Interests:
Quantum Physics, Stellar Physics, Earth Religions, Astrophysics, Chess, Volleyball, Music (Classical Guitar), light cooking

Education:
Attended Vulcan Science Academy 2371-2375 (19-23) Major: Warp Physics

Attended Starfleet Academy 2376 - 2381 (24-29) Major: Quantum Mechanics

Service Record :
Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards 2381 - 2382 Delta Propulsion Project

Personal Information:

Maximillian Thomas Parker was born in one of the few remaining suburbs of Cincinnati, OH, United States of America, Earth. Born in a devoutly Christian family, Maximillian had a natural affinity toward religions & cultures. He became an astrophysicist' assistant for 2 semesters in Starfleet Academy, and was awarded a Daystrom Institute commendation for discovering a tertiary star system located at Trieps-Avalon, along the outer boundaries of the Andromeda galaxy, in which was causing odd magnetic effects for a quasar 23 light years away from the system.

Aside from a pre-occupation with space, Mr. Parker repairs standard issue items such as transporters, replicators, synthesizers & assorted sensor equipment. Gregarious and laid back, Mr. Parker also has a deep sense of ethic and a strong conviction for his job. There is nothing more important than making sure the job is done on time, on demand, and on target. He attended the Vulcan Science Academy for 4 years as an understudy, working with Professors such as S'akel, the Vulcan Physicist who discovered anionic compounds could form a lateral, yet cohesive bond, inducing structural binding greater than 15% of standard.

After a very brief hiatus, Mr. Parker was accepted into Starfleet Academy, where his major became Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory. After several minor incidents which cost him 1/3 of his Academy Credits, Grounds keeper Boothby had him reinstated on the terms he complete an academic triathlon later that year.

Mr. Parker is certified in Quantum Engineering, Replacement Systems, Delta Warp Physics & Emergency EVA Repairs. Mr. Parker is also Vegan, and wears a small tatoo on his right arm, of a Triad. The religious connotations unknown to most races, it is a symbol of Mr. Parker's beliefs. In his spare time, he enjoys a game of chess, or reads technical manuals on new grade vessels. When assignment to the Exultation was posted, Maximillian Thomas Parker signed on, eager to explore the unknown, and explain the unexplained.
Anyone have anything they want to pull out of mothballs? :D
 
Oh, yes, I'm as much of a virtual packrat as I am a packrat in real life. I have my old desk computer, my laptop, the downstairs computer (this one) and my external hard drive and I have many, many gigabytes of stuff spread out among them; I have no idea how old some are, but I'm sure they go back ten years or more. My apartment and storage media will be a gold mine to future archaeologists. :rommie:
 
While I too have a number of old computers around it is not because I want to save their content. It's because I haven't yet been able to get a ride to the local recycling centre.

In order to do that I have a couple of boxes with old hard drives and a circuit board (not mounted in a box) that connects ATA to eSATA :rommie:


Yep. I try to save every bit that I ever saved to my HDDs
 
I still have (on floppies somewhere) a bunch of stories plus LOGO and BASIC programs I wrote when I was... oh, 5 or 6. And I still have the Apple //c they were written on. Yeah, we throw out NOTHING in my family.
 
I still have (on floppies somewhere) a bunch of stories plus LOGO and BASIC programs I wrote when I was... oh, 5 or 6. And I still have the Apple //c they were written on. Yeah, we throw out NOTHING in my family.

I wonder if I still have the cassettes with my C-64 stuff on somewhere
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I still have (on floppies somewhere) a bunch of stories plus LOGO and BASIC programs I wrote when I was... oh, 5 or 6. And I still have the Apple //c they were written on. Yeah, we throw out NOTHING in my family.

I wonder if I still have the cassettes with my C-64 stuff on somewhere
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I still have a cassette of "Slinky" for the C64. :D
 
I still have (on floppies somewhere) a bunch of stories plus LOGO and BASIC programs I wrote when I was... oh, 5 or 6. And I still have the Apple //c they were written on. Yeah, we throw out NOTHING in my family.

I wonder if I still have the cassettes with my C-64 stuff on somewhere
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I still have a cassette of "Slinky" for the C64. :D

If I still have some around it'll be in a big bag of cassettes (haven't had a working cassette player since the early nineties) in the basement, where I also have a big box full of electronic components and experiments AND some of my very first programs -stored on punched paper tape :guffaw:
 
I have pretty much all my writing since I started doing it digitally, back in 1997. I was... good God, I was 15 then. :eek:

I have only gotten worse since then. I have pictures, stories, chat logs, message board posts, you name it, going back to the late '90's.

I kind of quit logging those things many years ago, though. I pretty much just keep my writing now.
 
About a year ago I collected all my old data together, and found I didn't have as much as I thought I had. A few things have been lost over the years, but most of my computer files (which I have made) I have kept.

A lot of stuff on my hard disk is downloaded things that reside in my working/temporary folders -- which is rubbish that gets cleared away when I need space. I currently have 2.35GB free :)

Some things which I wrote and stored on cassette tapes for my ZX Spectrum I've since converted into .tap files. I've collected these together with documents and pictures from my first, second, and current PC, including software and music I've written over the years, and it all comes in at:

672MB in 7227 files in 452 folders.
 
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I have a folder I call "stuff I don't need anymore" and another called "short-term files." They're not empty.

I have folders and sub-folders and sub-sub-folders. My mind is a mess. I need organization someplace.
 
Since this is also my work computer, I'm still carrying around stuff dating from the early 80's.
 
I have about 60 Gigabytes of personal files such as writing projects and random junk saved off of the internet. To my knowledge, my oldest file dates back to late 2006. Residue of my internet presence goes a bit further, dating back to 2002.
 
I am a meticulous downloader and organizer. I've thrown out of a lot of stuff, but I still have some very old things like a CD titled "Downloads 98". I'm sure there's some cutting edge Windows 95-compatible applications on there. Or possibly some 128kbits MP3 files. :lol:
 
I am so, so glad I'm not alone in this. This afternoon, I found a file dated from 1995. It's a notepad text that has cheats for "Star Trek: A Final Unity". :lol:
 
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