22 Jul
2019
22 Jul
'19
6:10 a.m.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 12:27 AM Guy Dunphy via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
At 07:58 PM 21/07/2019 -0700, you wrote:
Just wanted to put in my comment here. I am glad that there are people who
still cultivate original documents. I agree with the point above
especially when one is trying to recreate old program listings from print,
which are typically bad copies as originals. In particular the appendices
of S-100 manuals and SIG newsletters.
A set vulnerable to loss are the "other" types of docs that are not easy to
just stick into a scanner unless done by hand.
Bill
vintagecomputer.net
> Even if the digital version _did_ fully
capture the information
content, I
> strongly dispute that the physical
item/document has lost it's value.
> That 'digital is all we need' viewpoint is a trap for the naive,
because:
. . . and does it FULLY capture the information content. One might
think so, but much later, somebody asks, "in the number on page 576, is
that a '3' or an '8'?"
There is always the possibility of a need to go back to prior, or even
original forms.