20 Nov
2021
20 Nov
'21
8:55 a.m.
That's why I am saying you literally need a family archivist who
periodically converts content on old media to new media for.old family
photos. That is the only practical way to preserve things or than if the
original paper/photo/tape exists and is still readable. Extending to
vintage computing, there will always have to be a community of archivists.
B
On Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 11:40 AM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 11/20/2021 10:47 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
All of the riches in the world did not prevent
(and may have actually
caused) the dilemma the LCM is in now. I am sure a lot of it will be
saved
and probably most will be preserved but not all.
And that's basically
how
it is, history fades away, even the big things.
It takes a lot of
foresight and teaching the young folks about the importance of learning
from the past.
One of these days I really need to write down the whole history of
AI.AI.MIT.EDU, MC, LSD, and how I had to rescue it not once, twice, but
three times from loading docks where it would have been put in the
trash. Each time I had to show up with a U-Hack to rescue it and find
another home where it would be "saved forever"....
That's why I wonder about it at LCM: I would so not be surprised if I
got a call from a trash company saying "Hey, we found this note in a
large pile of metal crap, can you be here in 12 hours so we don't have
to drag this thing to the dump? We're lazy and would appreciate the
beers more"
But what happens when I am dead? I can't be the guardian of that thing
forever....
CZ