Re:Ancient kids’ toys have been hiding in the archaeological...
by pavel_lishin on Sunday February 11, 2018 @09:53AM
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> due to todays obsession with and more long lasting documentation?
I'm not sure it's longer-lasting. I've got VHS and audio tapes I don't have the equipment to play. I've got two voice recorders - each one requiring proprietary software to extract the audio from. The last time I checked, a few years ago, the software was no longer maintained, and may not run on modern Windows machines.
If I put in the effort, I could probably figure out how the files are stored, and how to decode them, but it's not exactly a casual task.
I'm not sure it's longer-lasting. I've got VHS and audio tapes I don't have the equipment to play. I've got two voice recorders - each one requiring proprietary software to extract the audio from. The last time I checked, a few years ago, the software was no longer maintained, and may not run on modern Windows machines.
If I put in the effort, I could probably figure out how the files are stored, and how to decode them, but it's not exactly a casual task.