In article <Co-dneViD5u_8e3LnZ2dnUU7-IOdnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Paul
Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Nelson wrote:
> >
<snip>
> >
> > What good is digitizing all your data if the technology to read it
> > disappears? I should have used papyrus.
>
> I couldn't agree more.

There was an article a while back in the UK's MacFormat magazine about
this issue. Their advice was basically to update the file formats
whenever you update the application, and to keep copies in a
non-proprietary format (such as plain text, JPEG, etc.), as well as to
keep printouts and store files on current disk formats / media types
using something fairly standard just as Windoze formatting (which over
the years have been readable in Amiga, Atari ST, Mac, etc. while Amiga
disks are now near-impossible to read without an actual Amiga).

Realistically it's no different to any other industry. Trying to get a
replacement part for some models of old cars, for example, can be
impossible - you either have to buy second-hand or have them custom
made. One of the few companies that still apparently makes and stocks
parts for virtually all their old models (way back to pre-War models!)
is Citroen.

Salut Your Name

In article <161220151314526540%YourName@YourISP.com>,
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> One of the few companies that still apparently makes and stocks
> parts for virtually all their old models (way back to pre-War models!)
> is Citroen.

we are getting quite off topic now...

As a proud owner of a 1936 Citro�n 11A and connaisseur of the scene in
Europe I can assure you that this is not true. The only thing I am able
to get from official Citro�n outlets is the air in the tires...

Other companies like Mercedes, BMW or Porsche for example are much
better in this regard:

<https://www.mercedes-benz.com/de/mercedes-benz/classic/classic-service-t
eile/mercedes-benz-classic-service-teile/>

<http://www.classicshop.porsche.com/pcos/>

<http://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/bmw_classic/de/index.html>

Cheers
Andreas

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In article <andreas-B2F785.06201416122015@news.individual.de>, Andreas
Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> wrote:
> Salut Your Name
> In article <161220151314526540%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> >
> > One of the few companies that still apparently makes and stocks
> > parts for virtually all their old models (way back to pre-War models!)
> > is Citroen.
>
> we are getting quite off topic now...
>
> As a proud owner of a 1936 Citroën 11A and connaisseur of the scene in
> Europe I can assure you that this is not true. The only thing I am able
> to get from official Citroën outlets is the air in the tires...
>
> Other companies like Mercedes, BMW or Porsche for example are much
> better in this regard:
>
> <https://www.mercedes-benz.com/de/mercedes-benz/classic/classic-service-t
> eile/mercedes-benz-classic-service-teile/>
>
> <http://www.classicshop.porsche.com/pcos/>
>
> <http://www.bmwgroup-classic.com/bmw_classic/de/index.html>
>
> Cheers
> Andreas

Citroen may have been the wrong manufacturer, but I'm (almost) certain
it is one of the French ones ... or at least was a couple of years ago.
It may well have changed since then as manufacturers have bought each
other out and some have attempted to cut costs.