Dario Greggio wrote:

> Robert Rolf wrote:
> 
> 
>>The archivists and historians of the next century are going to hate us since
>>our historical records will end in the 1970's when everything went magnetic.
> 
> 
> They will hate only those who *don't do backups* ;-)

Can you read an 8" CP/M floppy? How about a Kaypro 5" disk? 1/2" 7 track magtape?
It doesn't matter how well you back up if the media cannot be read in the future.
At least with film and paper tape, it's relatively easy to build a reader in 100 years.
And isn't film the ultimate Hi-Def media?
And archivists are recovering content from old Edison cylinders. I wonder how well
the next generation will do with flash media after the data bits age into oblivion.
A lot of family photos will be lost to the ravages of bit rot and technology change
in the next few decades.

Robert


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