Let's develop an open-source media archive standard

Vintage Computer Festival vcf at siconic.com
Wed Aug 11 14:34:07 CDT 2004


On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:

>  It mightseem a waste but i would expect to see a proper archive
> file to be 200% to 500% larger than the original data. Having the
> data in something that can be printed directly on paper is a
> must. This means something like HEX values or binary or whatever.
> Still, anything as non-printable bits is useless.

Agreed.

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