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chinathrow on April 15, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Backing up 18 years in 8 hours

> Many old documents are now unreadable

There is/will be a niche market for folks writing software to convert legacy formats into open/current formats.

Remember how all of a sudden shops offered to convert your VHS-tapes to DVD? I bet they were making a killing.

ashwinl on April 15, 2016 [–]

Just went into a CVS to pay for one VHS conversion for $25.99. CVS is using a service called http://www.yesvideo.com

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