Re: Keep a local copy.....
"Try reading a MS Word 1.0 DOC file with a modern copy of Office!"
However, you can still do so by converting that file using any of a zillion converters that are out there.
"What about CP/M files from the early Eighties"
That's actually trivial. CP/M files (or even CP/M formatted disks) remain easily readable today.
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