>> The code for converting canon RAW files to jpg or TIFF is available >> as reverse engineered open source. >> Everytime I write CRW files to a CD, I put a copy of the C source >> code in a seperate directory on the same CD, in addition to JPGs >> of the RAW images. > This is a good idea. But how many people still have, for example, COBOL > or FORTRAN 4 compiler on their computer now? What if C is also a "thing > of past" 20 years from now, which is entirely possible?
This is also my approach to archiving raw image files. Even if you don't have a suitable compiler and don't understand the language, you can always read a book to learn the language and then translate the source code into another language for which you do have a compiler. No solution is guaranteed 100% foolproof, but including a copy of the source code in human readable form is probably as close as you are going to get. Martin. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
