Dave, few points totally randomly popped in my mind.
1. I know for the fact that certain international corporation having 250
thousand employees has a special storage where they keep not just the
data but also the hardware of the same era the data was produced in
order to be able to access the data if necessary. This was the question
with which they approached the team I worked with at the time - can we
provide them with sufficient knowledge so that they could take our
system apart and put it in that storage.
2. During the film days... Well, exactly which film days? Before the
commonly available film scanners or after that? Indeed, if you work in
the dark room only - all you need is chemicals, which develop (no pun
intended) but at slower pace than more modern tech. But if you're
talking about hybrid process where film photos are scanned and processed
on a computer, then the same question applies. Obviously you would want
a stronger computer (so that you can take higher resolution scans) with
stronger software so that you can take out the dust and hair and other
particles automatically for you without damaging the underlying picture,
etc.
Personally, I upgrade my computer effectively when the time it takes to
process my stuff becomes unbearably long. Presently rather outdated by
modern standard dual core cpu with 8 gb ram does the job very nicely for
me. I keep upgrading my software properly. For example, I follow updates
of LightRoom and when 3.0 came out I bought an upgrade just like I did
when 2.0 came out like just I did when 1.0 came out with only exception
that with 1.0 it wasn't an upgrade, but an initial buy.
So, I suppose, indeed, from time to time one would have to update their
photography accessories, such as computer or printer if they print at home.
Boris
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