[clug] Keeping Data Alive
Scott Ferguson
prettyfly.productions at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 16:27:24 MST 2010
Many years ago I was trying to find a home for some ancient computer
equipment (Southern Cross TV) - wound up donating it to the Sydney
Powerhouse Museum. They were (then) collecting software and hardware for
the purpose of preserving data for future use (from memory) I "think"
the contact was "Conell" (or Conelly??).
There is the Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative
(http://www.adri.gov.au/) and "Future Proof : protecting our digital
future / State Records New South Wales" available at
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4760433. And this
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/publicsector/erk/dtf/tofcont.htm.
There is/was an American project with similar intentions... I recall
talking to a retired IBM engineer about it some years ago (sent him some
early PS/2 - RS* 2.8MB floppy drives). Someone with current contacts in
IBM (Miller Building Greenway??) might be able to track that down - the
location is/was in the States, wherever it is that IBM keep all there
old hardware. The folks at MCA Mafia may have more current information.
If you are interested I could have a dig through old shipping records
(when I get some free time).
Of course it's not just a matter of preserving the hardware necessary to
access the data - the software is also required. How long before Clipper
becomes ancient and unknown?
Hope that helps.
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