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Re:Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books by obsrvatlarge on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:59AM (#33619446)
Need to store virtual machines with both the operating system and the reader/converter software included. There are lots of bits that can rot...
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Re:Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books by sorwin on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @03:27AM (#33620412)
No, you don't lol. You do realize both the algorithm to decompress the media, and the media as well can be stored alongside, right? Including. any instructions to actually use that media.
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Re:Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books by obsrvatlarge on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @05:25AM (#33621013)
Sure, but rewriting software in order to access books is a lot of extra work. I just store the VM containing the necessary tools and make sure it still executes in the new HW+os when they are upgraded.
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Re:Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books by anthk on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @10:44AM (#33624973)
Formats change. Could you use some disk image formats from old Mac emulators made for the Amiga?
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