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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. Continuing the First Post Quest by firstpostrobot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As my friend will be sure to point out, the First Post Robot has not been doing well.
    Second post twice in a row! Pitiful!
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  2. Yes but by TerryAtWork · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can you play UT2003 on the Doomsday Book?

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  4. Re:Any Brits out there? by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It is flamebait because you deliberately and maliciously mispronounced it.

    It is pronounced "Throatwobbler Mangrove"