Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:22:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tamar Lindsay <dicconf at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Re: [WSFA] Re: Give Me That Old Time Technology!
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

=0A=0A--- On Mon, 8/23/10, Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.org> wrote:=0A=0A> If we=
 are putting up wish lists about archives how =0A> about going backwards to=
o=0A> A)=A0 Preserving paper technology with reports on=0A> Library of Cong=
ress activity=0A=0AThere are books about that... AIUI the LoC has=0Aa chemi=
cal dip method to preserve fragile paper books.=0A=0A> B)=A0 Development of=
 the book with hands on=0A> workshop=A0crafts=0A> C)=A0 How to make and bak=
e your own clay tablet or=0A> writing in the Sumerian age.=0A=0AMost Sumeri=
an tablets weren't baked, as it was dry =0Aenough to preserve them. Some we=
re baked in house =0Afires.=0A =0A> Truly it would be nice to see the elect=
ronic age and its =0A> various unreadable forms.=0A> I have tapes of old di=
rectories but not the machinery to =0A> read them.=0A=0AProbably need the s=
oftware as well.=0A=0A> I still have some original 3.5 inch floppies and no=
 idea =0A> how to look at them.=0A=0AProgram? A good word processing progra=
m ought to at least=0Aread the directory; there are USB 3.5 floppy readers =
for=0Aaccess to the floppy.=0A=0A> I never really thought about different w=
ork processing =0A> programs, but how do picture and music programs last?=
=0A=0AMusic I imagine fails as fast as word programs.=0APictures are usuall=
y in something fairly common like=0Ajpg etc, and there are picture programs=
 that will=0Aconvert format (some loss as usual).  If you can get=0Ait on s=
creen, things like PaintShop or PhotoShop can=0Acapture it in whatever mode=
rn format you want.=0A=0A=Tamar=0Atalk yes, do, no, alas.=0A=0A=0A