From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" <beebe@math.utah.edu>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] [tuhs] Computer history preservation
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:48:36 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CMM.0.95.0.1568670516.beebe@gamma.math.utah.edu> (raw)
A major topic on this list has been the preservation of computer
history, through museums that collect and operate old hardware,
software emulation of past hardware and software systems, and data
recovery from newly discovered, but previously thought to be lost,
archives.
I came across an article today about another major industry that has
been exceedingly careless about preserving its history:
Wipe Out: When the BBC Kept Erasing Its Own History
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/wipe-out-when-the-bbc-kept-erasing-its-own-history
It is a must-read for Dr Who fans on this list.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-16 21:48 Nelson H. F. Beebe [this message]
2019-09-16 22:24 ` Gregg Levine
2019-09-16 23:44 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-09-17 0:28 ` Peter Jeremy
2019-09-17 7:46 ` Steve Nickolas
2019-09-17 5:21 ` Lars Brinkhoff
2019-09-17 15:33 ` Clem Cole
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