17 May
2005
17 May
'05
3:03 p.m.
On Tue, 17 May 2005, Tom Jennings wrote:
An example:
* a byte stream copy (note 1) of the diskette image, say 256256
8-bit-bytes long. Even printed on paper. Who knows what OCR will
be like in 20 years?
* A scrap of paper upon which is written:
"Copied from a Shugart 801, 8", single-sided, soft-sectored,
WD1771 FM format. CP/M-80. 128 byte sectors, 26 spt, 77
tracks."
Dumb. Simple. Repeatable. Portable as anything will be after 1, 5,
10, 20 years.
Until you die and your SO doesn't want to let others have access to your
archive.
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