17 May
2005
17 May
'05
7:19 a.m.
On Mon, 16 May 2005, Jim Leonard wrote:
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
What part? At any rate, my answer is "Not at all."
This is the problem that FutureKeep aims to
resolve. Existing images will
be able to be converted to the FutureKeep standard, but they will lack
essential metadata. Once FutureKeep exists, it is hoped that any new
images made will be done in that universal standard. It is also hoped
that volunteers will go back and re-image all possible software in the
FutureKeep file format.
No offense to anyone who may be part of the project, but that's a pipe dream. I think a better goal is to create conversion
utilities that perform
cross-conversion to/from FutureKeep format, as that is much more realistic.
That will also be done, but I would prefer to re-do images that don't have
sufficient metadata.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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