------------------------------ Message: 29 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:05:55 -0400 From: "Kelly Leavitt" <kelly at catcorner.org> Subject: 8" disk archive To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Message-ID: <07028839E9A3744F87BEF27FF2CFF8E30B13FD at MEOW.catcorner.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I'm actually starting the archiving of the more than 1,500 8" disks that I have. Here are my intended methods. If anyone has any comments, please speak up. The ultimate goal is an online searchable database of these disks. 1) number each diskette sequentially with date 2) taking a digital picture of the label 3) Making a catweasel image of the contents 4) Makine an ImageDisk image of the contents 5) Storing the following information in a database Diskette number Any text from the label System if known OS used if known Date of origin if known Description of contents if commercial software, the publisher/author Photo of the label Both disk images Kelly