22nd March 2012, 06:20 PM
Jack Wrote:Yes paper is good, but so is CD, data stick, server, cloud, website forum, blog etc etc etc. I've never really understood the reluctance of many in archaeology to believe in electronic data, be it a PDF or digital photo.
There's a folder on our server labelled 'files rescued from floppies' - when you've finished on here see how many of those you can open useably without taking them to a specialist....and then of course there's the shelf of old tape-drive cassettes, 5" floppies etc etc, all full of inaccessible data from only 15-20 years ago, at least you don't need expensive specialist hardware to get info out of a book....