-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/24/07 16:18, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 12:03:15PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >>> Never heard of ODF, or is it specific to *Office programmes? >>> Personally, I save my latex as latex. The origional contents are >>> plainly visible. >> Never heard of ODF???? It's the OpenOffice.org 2.0 document format, >> aka OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications, ISO/IEC >> 26300:2006. > > I've never used open office, or any other office-type product. The last > "word processor" I used was WordPerfect 5.0 for OS/2. Transitioned from > that to Lout when I went to Linux.
Well, at least it's text... >>>> Yes. If by computer you also mean "the whole schmeer, including >>>> many tape drives" since it's common on Big Systems to backup a >>>> single database in parallel to multiple tape drive. >>> Computers keep getting smaller. Computer could mean a little brick that >>> has an interface for the archive drive, the archive drive unit, and some >>> kind of user interface. RS-232C has been around for ever; will it be >>> around for evermore? If the backup medium was hard disks, then an >>> interface for the hard drive plus an enclosure for the drives if the >>> brick didn't have the pysical space. >> If you did that in 1990, you'd have put in an ISA controller. Five >> years ago, it would have been a PATA drive. > > I guess that's my point. Once you choose a data medium, you would need > to store at least one drive and a computer to access it. > > If your backup media was 3.5" IDE drives, then that means storing a > computer that has at least IDE port. Best to fill it up with memory > SIMMS and other spare parts so that in when the time-capsule is opened, > hopefully the machine still boots. Also hopefully you can still connect > the computer itself to whatever computers in the future look like to get > the data off. Will anyone know what UTP is by then? > > There is something to be said for casting something in plain text in > bronze and gold plating it. Buffered lignin-free paper. http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla64/044-114e.htm http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/copar/bulletin14.htm http://www.amigos.org/preservation/faq/preserve.html > Somewhere between the two is a Jolly Psysic, or at least a Happy Medium > :) - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGVhrlS9HxQb37XmcRAuQ5AJ4mL6flmXhT397bEQuK6cnpLyeYiwCggqLj tT0V8y5v1gtSicl7bF3tbgo= =XwlE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
