Should’ve added that disc preservation is really not the main goal. Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 19, 2025, at 17:14, Wayne S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is oxbridge also cambridge? > It looks to me that someone needed a grant and decided that preserving the > Hawking floppy disks was of some value and that would help to get a grant. > > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 19, 2025, at 17:08, Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >>> >>>>>>> https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/future-nostalgia >> >>>> On Sun, 19 Oct 2025, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: >>> Reading their home page, they really don’t have a clue! >> >> Keep in mind, that Oxbridge is a university. SOME academics do not respect >> knowledge and techniques developed and used in industry or non-academic >> institutions. >> "Not invented here" >> I doubt that they have even sought out existing disk format conversions >> services and experts. >> >> >> So, they would be looking for academic (peer reviewed?) papers about things >> such as how to bake disks, rather than looking for old posts by >> Chuck. >> >> >> -- >> Grumpy Ol' Fred [email protected]
