Screw Drivers and PDF Files

On Sat, 2005-06-04 01:14:10 +0100, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote: That's not the point. With classic computers, we've seen clever technologies showing up and getting lost again. Being a German guy, I just remember *very well* that there are a lot of tapes that are basically lost forever because after the reunification of our both Germanies, alot of hardware and software was just thrown away (because the GDR models just weren't "up to date". So the point is to *preserve* hard hand-made work in an easy accessible format that can easily be transcoded to what's considered state of the art at a given time. The problem with preserving content isn't three-dimensional, but a four-dimensional one. That's why I don't think in only preserving scanned pages, but also in eg. preserving tape contents, disk contents, CD/DVD contents, ... So it's about * getting the data off the media (and be it paper), hopefully in the lowest-level format allowed by it. * storing the data in a well-known format which is fully understood and documented. * At any time, add filters from the initially read-out format to what's understood best right now. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw at lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B?rger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));