20 Jul
2024
20 Jul
'24
5:55 a.m.
The main appeal of digital archives is that they can then be digitally
scanned. And, I think it would be useful to have an "AI" of sorts that
can parse and categorize all those old articles (like "technical articles"
versus "advertisements" - or something that could find first/last names of
folks who authored articles or were mentioned in articles, and try to map
them between articles). (to me AI is more about assisted or augmented
intelligence, not actual artificial intelligence)
But the appeal of printed material is "validation" that those digital
archives aren't AI-generated or "doctored." Aside from the technical
details, they are also witness to the cultural aspects of how things were
presented and advertised. But as real estate costs grow, for sure there
comes a point where we just can't physically store everything (or at least
not everything in a safe, roden-protected, weather-proof means).
In a way - modern society is "migrating" into cyberspace. I suspect within
100 years we'll have a "digital nation" online, where from today's
perspective we're not able to comprehend how they'll address physical
legal boundaries between the virtual ones. Or as we recognize that we're
just not equipped to expand into outer-space, effectively the depth of
cyberspace is nearly equally infinite.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM brad via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Yes I find them useful also. But they are almost all
archived on
archive.org.. so I wondered how much value an actual paper copy would
have. I thought Peoples Computer Company had a decent circulation (like in
the tens of thousands) and could be expected to turn up from time to time.
Have to pay more attention.Sent from my Galaxy
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Cc: Bill Degnan <billdegnan(a)gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Old vintage
computing magazine/newsletters Personally I find them invaluable for
research.BillOn Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 5:53 PM Brad H via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org>wrote:> Just a 'survey' sort of question - how much
value do you guys put in> vintage> copies of old newsletters, magazines,
etc. I'm talking mid-1970s, like> People's Computer Company, etc. Someone
has been selling them one at a> time> on ebay and they routinely go for
$125+ each! Was PCC fairly low> circulation? I have no idea how rare
these things are - if I should just> dive in to have my memento or wait.
Looking at auction history it seems to> be the same group of 2 or 3 bidders
going nuts over them.>>>> One newsletter I would love to find an original
copy of is Micro-8.. but I> think the circulation on that was just a
hundred or so, so probably> unlikely. It has some blurbs from Grant Runyan
in there, who built my TVT> and Mark-8.>>>> But yeah, I just wondered if
you guys think generally this stuff *should&> be> considered valuable -
given most/all is archived online.>>>> Brad>>