Trying to identify which gadget on ebay can play a c. 1960 reel-to-reel tape and suddenly feeling sympathy for all future archivists.
@kathrynschulz For a huge "ouch", check out the BBC's Domesday Project. 1 million people, 15 yrs, plain _gone_: http://www.vpri.org/pdf/tr2015004_cuneiform.pdf … (p1)
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@michael_nielsen@kathrynschulz@wilbanks Domesday project is far from gone. There were 3 separate attempts to reconstruct - all worked. -
@kevingashley@kathrynschulz@wilbanks So Alan Kay & co are wrong in that paper? - 3 more replies
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@michael_nielsen@kathrynschulz@wilbanks I feel your pain - we still have the interactive video disks in a cupboard!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@michael_nielsen@kathrynschulz@wilbanks .. only 1 depended on original hardware, because code & data were in an archive.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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