Disk archival

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Jim Leonard" <trixter at oldskool.org>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 11:20 PM


> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>> This is the problem that FutureKeep aims to resolve.  Existing images 
>> will
>> be able to be converted to the FutureKeep standard, but they will lack
>> essential metadata.  Once FutureKeep exists, it is hoped that any new
>> images made will be done in that universal standard.  It is also hoped
>> that volunteers will go back and re-image all possible software in the
>> FutureKeep file format.
>
> No offense to anyone who may be part of the project, but that's a pipe 
> dream. I think a better goal is to create conversion utilities that 
> perform cross-conversion to/from FutureKeep format, as that is much more 
> realistic.
> -- 
> Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) 
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I looked at FutureKeep, as far as I can tell there is no FutureKeep format. 
There are a variety of real formats but no FutureKeep format.

I'd like to archive media in one standard format with metadata but until 
anyone every developes a standard I'll stck to what is real even if it means 
using different formats for different systems.


Randy
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