On 21/1/22 6:43 pm, Marghanita da Cruz wrote: > Put together some stuff in 2005 - but my brother asked about it this > week - alas it is in HTML on a CD...an old fashioned printed book now > seems a very impressive a medium!
The multiple family web-sites I run are all in HTML 3.2, hand-cut. It was, seriously, easier that way. Dreamweaver?? <spit> And - shhhh! - browsers still cope. Yes, books will outlast all of that, despite the promise XML brought. ___________________________________ > On 21/1/22 10:46 am, Roger Clarke wrote: > > <snip> >> It would be interesting to know how well and how long that cable coped. > > Wikipedia to the rescue: "The Sydney-Melbourne co-axial cable was > officially opened on 9 April 1962.[2]" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Australia > > and the facebook post source: > https://www.smh.com.au/technology/from-the-archives-three-capitals-now-linked-by-coaxial-cable-20190403-p51ae2.html > > >> (And don't start me on the capture of family history data ...). > Put together some stuff in 2005 - but my brother asked about it this > week - alas it is in HTML on a CD...an old fashioned printed book now > seems a very impressive a medium! > -- Roger Clarke mailto:[email protected] T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
