Message-Id: <mailto:199409030847.DAA03391@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 23:45:10 -0400 From: James Lindner <mailto:vidipax@PANIX.COM> Subject: Re: More digital resolution To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
On Fri, 2 Sep 1994, Maggie Exon wrote:> -
> > especially on a long term basis. It appears that there's a huge business
> > opportunity born out of real need to be able to access data (no matter what it
> s
> > original method of storage). Are the Kodaks, Polaroids, Microsofts, IBMs,
> > Apples of the world considering this?
> >
> > Doug Rea
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> There is undoubtedly a huge poential market for long-term image
> storage systems. The problem is that the supplier's definition of
> the meaning of long-term and mine differ by a factor of at least 10
> and probably a lot more.
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> Maggie
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> Dr Maggie Exon, Senior Lecturer, School of Information and Library
> Studies, Curtin University of Technology, PO Box U1987, Perth, 6001,
> Western Australia. Phone (09) 351 7215; Fax (09) 351 3152
> email: mailto:maggie@biblio.curtin.edu.au
>
Perhaps it is worthy to consider that the "new" media should not be thought of (or compared to) older media, and that the practices and procedures that we have come to expect of other media (particularly paper) are totally inapplicable. Perhaps one way to consider magnetic media's relatively short life is to not compare it to other media at all, and view it on its own terms. The way to extend the life of magnetic media is to copy it every few years. Our systems and organizations are built around paper, which has other problems (but we are used to and schooled in the solutions for this type of media). I too wish magnetic media lasted longer, but it may be more usefull not to make these comparisons and simply plan for the needs of these new media types so that we are not "surprised".Jim Lindner VidiPax The Videotape restoration company Toll Free Help Line 800-653-8434