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 bk>>  We were thinking of how to perserve them in a useable form. And
 bk>>  reduce the physical size.

 bk>>  As vinyl they will be gone someday. As digital files, they could  be
 bk>> around forever. More or less.

 BA> Until the first disk crash.  Or technology renders the
 BA> older media formats unreadable.  The vinyl/bakelite/lacquer
 BA> will be around long after I'm gone.

 I figure you will keep copies around. More than one. As to media
 formats, converting from Vinyl to digital is a time consuming
 labor intensive operation. Converting digital formats is an
 easily automated task. Once digital there is no good reason they
 should not be available no matter what changes happen in
 technology.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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