Re: arsclist Digital knowledge preservation

[Don Cox <doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18-Jun-02, joe@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Physically yes - CDs are much smaller (and lighter!) than a set of
> 78s, especially a large set. We have all carted cartons of 78s
> around.......

>> There's no reason to expect a digital transfer to take up much less
> storage space than an analog original.

I mean, there's no reason in principle. Two CDs would take up more space
than a cassette, but of course less than a pile of 78s.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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