Disk archival techniques

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Tom Jennings wrote:

> An example:
>
> * a byte stream copy (note 1) of the diskette image, say 256256
>    8-bit-bytes long. Even printed on paper. Who knows what OCR will
>    be like in 20 years?
>
> * A scrap of paper upon which is written:
>      "Copied from a Shugart 801, 8", single-sided, soft-sectored,
>      WD1771 FM format. CP/M-80. 128 byte sectors, 26 spt, 77
>      tracks."
>
>
> Dumb. Simple. Repeatable. Portable as anything will be after 1, 5,
> 10, 20 years.

Until you die and your SO doesn't want to let others have access to your
archive.

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