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Digital Domesday Rescued By Emulation

Posted by timothy on from the good-thing-it-wasn't-palladium-protected dept.

eefsee writes "The BBC announced that the Digital Domesday project which had become unusable has now been revived thanks to the successful emulation of a 1980's era Acorn computer. Folks at Leeds University and University of Michigan did the emulation work. This is just one early indication of how difficult it will be to maintain our digital heritage. Note that the printed Domesday Book, on which the digital project was modeled, is still quite accessible after almost 1000 years."

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  1. The Professor by Flamesplash · · Score: 5, Funny

    Acorn Computer

    Damn, and I thought the Professor was all that by making a radio out of a coconut. A computer in an acorn? DAMN!

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    "Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door." - Emily Dickinson
  2. Re:DRM by C+A+S+S+I+E+L · · Score: 5, Funny
    Actually, it's just as well the data was on videodisc rather than DVD. Otherwise, think of all the work that would have done on the emulator, only to arrive at the message

    Region Error