[vcf-midatlantic] Bernoulli Drives needed in working condition

[Ben Greenfield]

It’s important to realize that when I was introduced to Bernoulli’s in ’92 they were already outdated.
What could this data possible be and who is a alive that would care...

> On May 18, 2021, at 10:54 AM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
> On 5/18/21 10:49 AM, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> Yes, you _can_ get edge bits and weak bits and all of that, but who is
>> going to go to that much effort?
> 
>  A lot of this (ok, ALL of this) is a psychological issue.  Most people
> and organizations have a dramatically inflated opinion of the value of
> their data.  The reality is that nobody really cares, in the vast
> majority of cases.
> 
>  LSSM has a boilerplate data protection/destruction contract (i.e.,
> protect until we can destroy) that we've used to assuage the concerns of
> these types of people.  It has satisfied the donor in the dozen or so
> times it has been used.
> 
>  One was a payroll company with live data on drives, and it was
> reviewed by their legal department.
> 
>  The contract is pretty simple, but I can send it over to VCF folks if
> it would be useful.
> 
>             -Dave
> 
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA