24 Apr
2008
24 Apr
'08
8:15 p.m.
What about magneto-optical disks? They are supposed to last 50 years.
Problem is that one would have to not only hold on to the disks, but also
the drives, as well as a system with a SCSI I/F.
-Cornelius
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, Tim Newsham wrote:
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:30:58 -1000 (HST)
From: Tim Newsham <newsham(a)lava.net>
To: Michael Kerpan <madcrow.maxwell(a)gmail.com>
Cc: tuhs(a)tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Whence 1st Edition Unix Kernel Assembly?
--
Cornelius Keck -----------------------------------------> ckeck(a)texoma.net
I guess we need to start archiving all software
on acid-free archival
paper, then. It's the only way it'll survive.
And not necessarily in human readable form -- how about some format
that is very easy to ocr with minimal errors and error correcting codes?
ps: how many pages to archive a gigabyte of src code? ;-)
Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/
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