8" disk archive - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Oct 2006

 --- Kelly Leavitt <kelly at catcorner.org> wrote: 
...
  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, plea se
...
  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

Sounds like you'll be busy for a long time with
archiving all those disks.

Do you have any ideas what you will call the
site with the archive? Perhaps you should
announce a beta version (when it's up and
running) for us to test? 

I generally cataloge my 3.5" disks (mostly
Amiga, some PC and a handful of Atari ST disks) so I
 can find programs I want fairly quickly.
Having approx. 600 disks I really need to do
that, otherwise I'd be searching for hours :(

Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk