zip (was: Re: Disk archival techniques)

Hi It works surprisingly well but it still misses a lot. Like when I was looking for the data sheets of the WD1100V-01. The information was out there, it just wasn't indexed. Most document writing programs today have that automatic indexing by marking things as you go along to place in the index. It requires that someone actually realizes what needs to be indexed. Then comes the problem of cross references. Add to that synonyms. I was looking through the directories of one of the images I'd captured from the Polymorphic stuff and found that a disk labeled "GAMES" contained a version of Forth. That may have been the persons personal feelings about it but it was not good indexing. My guess is that Google is missing 90 to 95% of the relevant information out there. If you include site links on individual pages that improves to about 85% at best. Now, add to that the problem of something that exist but gets somehow placed in the wrong place. Indexing will be the biggest challenge! Dwight