Message-Id: <mailto:199408271212.HAA23536@library.wustl.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 20:57:44 +1000 From: Tony Barry <mailto:tony@INFO.ANU.EDU.AU> Subject: Re: More digital resolution To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
On Fri, 26 Aug 1994, Maggie Exon wrote:>
> It is not just a question of the life expectancy of the media or the
> software/hardware interface nor is it a technical question of the
> possibilities of transfer, refreshment or restoration of the image. It is a
> management problem. How are you going to ensure that 50, 100. 500 years
> into the future there will be people who will have the will, resources and
> knowledge and policies to ensure the task of transfer, refreshment or
> restoration is undertaken? There are already cases where computer media
> have been lovingly stored, only to find that they are no longer readable
> because necessary transfer programs have not been undertaken efficiently
> enough.
The same applies to paper. I least with digital media it's far easier to copy than paper and an ortdr of magniture or more cheaper to store.
No matter what media material is copies to it stlll needs to recopied. You might as well pick on that's easiest - and mopst accurate.
Tony