Subj : Re: Archiving For Armageddon
To   : warmfuzzy
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Jun 01 2023 20:37:00

Hello warmfuzzy!

** On Tuesday 30.05.23 - 13:19, warmfuzzy wrote to Greenlfc:

Gr>> Digital archives can be concealed anywhere on MicroSD cards.  You could
Gr>> even build some furniture and, as you're assembling, carve out a small
Gr>> pocket for some cards, such that you'd have to disassemble or destroy
Gr>> the object to get to them.

> Sounds good.  This would be stored for future generations, like 40-200
> years. So for this purpose a hollowed out compartment on a chair might not
> work so well, however your ideas of microSD cards is a good one.  I've seen
> name brand microSD manufacturers put out chips with 512 G of data. ...

Perhaps a lesson can be learned from film-industry archives  
that stored original prints/copies (suitable for projectors).

Instead of trying to preserve the original physical media (and  
later find that the original film is too delicate or  
deteriorated for practical re-use) maintain a system that  
converts or transfers that media to the current technology  
available as it emerges.  eg, 35mm/70mm movie film -> VHS ->  
DVD -> SD -> whatever.

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