23 Jun
1998
23 Jun
'98
10:14 a.m.
So, what to use
? Writable CDs ? They have only a guaranteed
I suggest real CD-ROMs lifetime of
less than 15 years. Tapes ? Maybe - I have some
PBS Tapes from 1976 and they are still readable, but they are
900 and 1600 BpI tapes. Any modern optical and magnetical
medium is less reliable. So printing the hex dump and then
try to scan it back (ocr) when a replacement is needed ?
This sould be reliable, since it is human readable (Like
old magnetic tapes).
I think paper is the best option. It shouldn't be a big deal to print a
hex dump for a 20-K program with a line printer. >Or just put it again on EPROMS - with propper
handling
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^
EPROMS could
survive at least 50+ years - and PROMS
(real one not EPROMS without window) should live even
longer. So just copy them. And beside the information -
What is the problem with EPROMs? Why not just put them in styrofoam? That should keep IR out...
IR would be the LEAST or your worries. Now if you're a follower of
Erich von Dainken, :-) you could inscribe your source in Gold
leaves, as certain pre-pre-columbian 'civilizations' supposedly
have done. Your assembly code will then be forever immortalized for
future generations to puzzle over.
Who knows? It may even become an object of worship . . . .
<Tongue now removed from cheek>
Jeff
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