Re: Microfilm

Bob Henneberger (mailto:BHENNEBE@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU)
Thu, 4 May 1995 19:24:29 -0400

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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_

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