Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:02:36 -0400 From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Re: [WSFA] Re: Give Me That Old Time Technology! Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> "To err is human, to really screw up takes a computer." mjw >>> Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> 8/23/2010 5:58 PM >>> Oh. My. Ghod. --Ted White On 8/23/2010 2:02 PM, George Shaner wrote: > I'll make note of the concept for 2012.=0A=0A=0A=0A----- = Original > Message -= ---=0AFrom: Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.org>=0ATo: > wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com; = Michael Walsh <mjw at press.jhu.edu>; WSFA > members =0A<WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net= > > =0ACc: george_shaner at yahoo.com=0ASent: Mon, August 23, 2010 > > 11:56:37 AM=0A= > Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] Re: [WSFA] Re: Give Me That Old Time > Technology!= =0A=0A=A0 If we are putting up wish lists about = archives > how about going ba= ckwards too=0AA)=A0 Preserving paper = technology > with reports on Library of = Congress activity=0AB)=A0 Development= of > the book with hands on workshop=A0= crafts=0AC)=A0 How to make = and > bake your own clay tablet or writing in the= Sumerian age.=0A=0ATr= uly > it would be nice to see the electronic age and it= s various > unreadable =0Aforms.=0AI have tapes of old directories but not = th= e > machinery to read them.=0AI still have some original 3.5 inch > floppies an= d no idea how to look at them.=0AI never really = thought > about different wor= k processing programs, but how do =0Apicture = and > music programs last?=0A=A0= =A0 Madeleine=0A=0A=0AOn Mon, = 23 Aug 2010 > 11:43:24 -0400=0A"Michael Walsh"= <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:=0A> = I > think a Capclave presentation would be sp= iffy.=A0 Get all of the > fans acting =0A>like computer geezers <g>=0A> =0A> = mjw=A0 = =A0 > =0A>>>> Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.org> 8/23/2010 11:41 AM >>>=0A> = = A > general you, but I was thinking this would be a nice lecture to > listen to= at =0A>Capclave since I would be there anyway.=A0 If = this > person is at Nat= ional Archives, =0A>maybe George can make > arrangements?=A0 I have zip drive= s and floppies and little=A0 > =0A>USB devices and tapes and really wish thes= e were > archival.=0A>=A0 =A0 =A0 Madeleine=0A> =0A> =0A> On Mon, = 23 Aug > 2010= 11:31:39 -0400=0A>=A0 "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> > wrote:=0A>> Who = is the "you" are asking? =0A>> mjw=0A>> = =0A>>>>> > Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.or= g> 8/23/2010 11:25 AM >>>=0A>> You > couldn't talk this person into giving a = public lecture somewhere > could =0A>you?=0A>> =0A>> =0A>> On Mon, 23 Aug 201= 0 = 10:04:08 > -0400=0A>>=A0 "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu> wrote:=0A>>> = h=> ttp://blog.photography.si.edu/2010/08/10/electronic-records-archivist/= = > = =0A>> =0A>>> =0A>>> http://tinyurl.com/29ummrm =0A>>> = mjw=0A>>> > =0A>> =0A>>= =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> > ------------------------------------=0A> =0A> Yah= oo! Groups > Links=0A> =0A> =0A>=A0= =A0 =0A> =0A> <*> Your email = sett= > ings:=0A>=A0 =A0 =0A> =0A> <*> To change sett= ings online = go > to:=0A>=A0 =A0 join= =0A>=A0 =A0 =0A> =0A> = = =0A>=A0 =A0 > wsfa-forum-digest at yahoogroups.com=A0 =A0 =0Awsfa-forum-fullfeat== > ured at yahoogroups.com=0A> =0A> <*> To unsubscribe from this group, > send an e= mail to:=0A>=A0 =A0 =0A> =0A> <*> You= r use = of Yahoo! > Groups is subject to:=0A>=A0 =A0 http://docs.yahoo.com/info=> /terms/=0A> =0A=0A=0A >