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I transferred a shedload of CP/M files about 2 years ago.
It was ever so much fun.
Then I wondered why the feck I'd bothered.
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This isn't news, it's a common problem faced by every network/system admin' when replacing backup technologies. You've either got to convert your old data formats, or make provision for its' future recall by retaining a means to read it.
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Originally posted by SockpuppetWhy not just convert the sodding files to a Text File or XML. I mean what happens when you stop being able to emulate windows 3.1.
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Moaning about nothing...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6265976.stm
Digital File Timebomb!!!!
If you stored something on a floppy disc just three or four years ago, you'd have a hard time finding a modern computer capable of opening it.
"The National Archives, which holds 900 years of written material, has more than 580 terabytes of data - the equivalent of 580,000 encyclopaedias - in older file formats that are no longer commercially available."
"The root cause of the problem is the range of propriatorial file formats which proliferated during the early digital revolution.
Technology companies, such as Microsoft, used file formats which were not only incompatible with pieces of software from rival firms, but also between different iterations of the same program. "
"The agreement between the National Archives and Microsoft centres on the use of virtualisation.
The archive will be able to read older file formats in the format they were originally saved by running emulated versions of the older Windows operating systems on modern PCs. "Tags: None
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