OK John,
I forget that not everyone gets the digest of this list, so, to keep
things in perspective, here's the message that prompted my reply...
oh, FWIW, I don't usually include text in replies, normally don't
have long threads...I somehow keep everything in memory (my own, in
my head)
C U L8R!
Wiz <{;-)
>> Heimo Claasen wrote:
>>> This whole archiving business is becoming a _big_ issue by now.
>> I found the url to this news item on my local LUG mailing list.
>> -------------------------------------------
>> Ancient Domesday Book outlives electronic version
>> An electronic version of the Domesday Book compiled in 1986 is
>> now unreadable. The computers needed to read the discs of the
>> 2.5 million [Pound] BBC Domesday Project are now obsolete. While
>> the original Domesday Book compiled in 1086 is in fine condition
>> in the Public Record Office, Kew.
>> Hmm,
>> Interesting that the Brits can't seem to locate an old computer to
>> read the media the Doomsday Book was written to...instead of hiring
>> a team of "experts" to devise an "emulator" to translate it to
>> "todays" computer base, I'd bet if they ASKED THE PUBLIC, someone
>> somewhere would have one of those old systems sitting around!
>> If you hadn't told us it was British doing this, I'd have guess it
>> to be USA and Microsoft!
> Just a couple of questions:
> - What in hell are you talking about here? You failed to reference
> any of the original post.
> - Who is "you" in the last sentence above?
> - John T., netequitte curmudgeon
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