We (Aristocrat) have recently celebrated our 50th anniversary, and some items of interest were archived such as old engineering designs. The material that has lasted so far has included film drawings (onto polycarbonate film with black latex-based ink), and some paper drawings that were stored away from insects and light. No electronic material was preserved in its original form.
I do have some work stuff from about 1997 but that has been copied from its original media (floppy disk) to a server, then migrated from server to server over several operating system changes. The problem then is to find an application that can render the information, as the original software is no longer functional on a modern OS. Sometimes 'strings' is all that's left. Some of the best archived stuff on the planet is the most trivial, like tax chits kept for 3000 years on pot shards. You really can't avoid death and taxes. Cheers, Jill. -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Samad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 June 2004 1:49 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Archival storage -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
