Re: [ARSCLIST] Long-term/preservation audio

[George Brock-Nannestad <pattac@xxxxxxxx>]

From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad

                Mike Richter commented:
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 In real terms, there are warehouses of
> NASA satellite data which cannot be reduced because there is no longer
> hardware to read the tapes on which they are stored.

----- Now, to be honest, is that not only a question of cost? If a genuine
national need existed, such as the need to prove that certain weapons were
indeed ready to be fired in 45 minutes, which would be proved (not dis-
proved) by these tapes, then funding for at least makeshift hardware would be
found faster than you can press the bulk erase button.

Greetings from a not wealthy
George