I thought I was weird rescuing a magazine index I did from an Archimedes disk!
http://ukfree.tv/pcw/pcwindex.htm > > >> I had to rescue the original FLA file from a Zip100 disk > that I've > > been keeping safe in my desk drawer for about six years... > > > > Ah, BBC archiving at its finest :-) > > Hey, don't knock it. :-) > > I once rescued a record of the output of the old drama plays > department. > It had been originally kept on index cards by a lady called > Margaret, then converted into a dos database sometime in the > late 80s. By the time a retired producer sent it back to me, > the springy bit on the floppy disk had broken. I mended the > floppy, extracted the data from the defunct file format and > converted it all into a useful excel format by hand. Quite > possibly the only record of some of this stuff (like, > budgets, Production manager credits, etc) that was kept, > going right back to 1966... > > We work in an ephemeral industry. > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/685 - Release > Date: 13/02/2007 22:01 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/696 - Release Date: 21/02/2007 15:19 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
