[ih] Museum-quality archive for this list?

[John Day]

We have no means of archival store for digital material. Archival has to last 500 years or more. (I am often using materials that old.) Not only are we not sure the storage media last that long, but having something that reads it is the real problem.)

> On Nov 15, 2021, at 21:53, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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>>> On Nov 15, 2021, at 20:37, Dave Crocker via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>> I got a private note asking about a paid archive at archive.org.  I think that a reasonable question and possibly worth doing on it own. Whether that qualifies as 'museum quality' isn't something I can assess.
> 
> Well, it’s what we’ve got for “archival quality” on the Internet right now, and if it’s not good enough, that means Brewster needs more support.
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>                                -Bill
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