OT: Archiving data (LONG)

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed May 31 15:42:16 2000

On Wed, 31 May 2000 CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com wrote:

> >Yes, but how long can we expect the film to last?
>
> Decades, if processed sloppily, or centuries, if processed archivally.
>
> The availability and maintainability of the readout systems becomes, IMHO,
> the deciding factor. If the data is stored as human-readable text this
> isn't so much a problem, until languages change or are forgotten at least.

Sounds great, but how readily available is the process of film archiving
to hobbyists, how easy is it to master, and how much does it cost?

Unless the answers, in order, are extremely, extremely, very little, then
keeping the archive on mirrored servers is still the best solution we
currently have.

Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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