[rescue] Preservation (was: Looking for Ultrix 4 for DECstation)

[Ian Finder]

Do you get anything like a fair use exemption?
On Jul 22, 2011 3:50 PM, "Brian Wheeler" <bdwheele at indiana.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 15:27 -0700, Ian Finder wrote:
>> >
>> > This is why software preservation, legal or not, above ground or not,
>> > is crucial.
>> >
>> > On that topic, what is the lifespan on the (E)EPROM roms in all these
>> > machines and peripherals we love so dearly?
>> >
>> > Might it be time to start an organized stockpile of backup images for
>> > the rarer machines and peripherals?
>> >
>
> There used to be a site (dustbunny) that had a reasonable collection of
> stuff but I haven't been able to get to it for ages.
>
> I keep debating if I want to push for a project in my department at IU
> (Digital Library Program) for a software preservation project since
> archival stuff is the bulk of what we're working on
> (audio/film/images/slides/etc) and this would just be an extension of a
> lot of what we're doing.
>
> Brian
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