[Milsurplus] [ARC5] film

[J. Forster]

Like it or not, I think we are faced with the same problem as the monks
were 1000 or more years ago.

Sooner or later, before it becomes unreadable, stuff is going to have to
be copied, hopefully without introducing errors, onto new media.

When there is no more demand for the info, it just vanishes.

We are almost like the book people in "Fahrenheit 451"

YMMV,

-John

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> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 9:07 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, it might be available at the Boston Public Library, but it is just
>> not a useful format to me. I've got 5x7 card file drawers full of fiches
>> and a couple of readers, but never use them. It's just too awkward to
>> use
>> a fiche while working on something.
>>
>> I don't even much like a laptop with a .pdf manual, to be honest. I
>> really
>> don't like to pan and scroll and zoom in and out. I'd much rather have a
>> HC print.
>>
>
> Convenience and availability/survivability are completely different
> issues.
> I have a lot of stuff stored on small floppies from 10 years ago that my
> current computer won't read (no disk drive). My wife has an Olympus
> digital
> camera from the 2003-2004 era that the newer (beyond XP) Windoze operating
> systems won't load the software for.
>
> I wonder what the long-term survivability of new CD/DVD disk is? At my
> previous gov't job we had most everything stored on IBM 3590 tape
> cartridges in silos and a lot of round tape. Eventually the round tapes
> went away. IIRC, they figured 99 yrs more or less for viability. I think
> CDs have a potential issue with laser burn, but if the goal is archival
> that wouldn't be an issue.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>