Message-Id: <mailto:199505050706.CAA01071@library.wustl.edu> Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 19:24:29 -0400 From: Bob Henneberger <mailto:BHENNEBE@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> Subject: Re: Microfilm To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
One more voice in the microfilm/data for 500 years. Bits and bytes 50 years from now? ever try to find an 8" floppy drive? Lose the right bit or two, and the whole file is unreadable - a bit of microfilm "measles" and you still can read the image. I think 50 years from now we'll still be converting information from microfilm for access; still filming for _preservation_Bob Henneberger INTERNET:mailto:bhennebe@uga.cc.uga.edu Computer Services WWW:scarlett.libs.uga.edu Preservation services Compu$erv:73727,2615 University of Georgia Libaries Voice: 706-542-2131 Athens, GA 30602 FAX: 706-542-4144