“It’s Dead, Jim”: Resurrecting an Obsolete File, Part 2 « The Signal: Digital Preservation In part 1 of this story<http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/it%E2%80%99s-dead-jim-resurrecting-an-obsolete-file-part-1/>, I described the difficulty of accessing a commercial CD-ROM published in 1989. Eventually, out of frustration, I questioned its value and wondered who actually cared about outdated software. So I consulted some colleagues. It turns out that some gamers care, especially those who are fanatical about the original look and feel of favorite old games<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games>. Many are dedicated enough to build their own emulators<http://www.vg-network.com/>in order to continue playing the games. http://1.usa.gov/vKVeGC Source: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/its-dead-jim-resurrecting-an-obsolete-file-part-2/ See if people are clicking on this link: http://1.usa.gov/vKVeGC+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va http://twitter.com/RAINbyte http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAINbyte/ http://paper.li/RAINbyte/rainbyte Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
