Previously Unknown Warhol Works Discovered on Floppy Disks from 1985

Re:Previously Unknown Warhol Works Discovered on Floppy Disk... by drdeadringer on Thursday April 24, 2014 @11:20AM (#7640823)

There's a part of me giddy with the idea that "computer archeology" could be a viable career or "string of gigs" in the future.

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Re:Previously Unknown Warhol Works Discovered on Floppy Disk... by devindotcom on Thursday April 24, 2014 @02:41PM (#7642078)

I know. I'm desperate to pull some random file off an old 5.25 and be the guy saying "ohhhh it's one of these! I used to do my homework on one" — naturally to the astonishment of my young helpers.

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Re:Previously Unknown Warhol Works Discovered on Floppy Disk... by DanBC on Thursday April 24, 2014 @05:34PM (#7643209)

It possibly already is. At least, there are plenty of code that have been lost and people are looking for it. Possibly not quite fulfilling the career part yet, but maybe that'll come in time.

For a start: this guy is looking for Cray1 software and documentation. http://www.chrisfenton.com/homebrew-cray-1a/

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Re:Previously Unknown Warhol Works Discovered on Floppy Disk... by drdeadringer on Thursday April 24, 2014 @08:54PM (#7644092)

> It possibly already is

Quite, with this article plus regarding the recently resurrected Andy Warhol works from ~1985 floppy disks [and somesuch.

I anticipate more so as time goes on. "USB? My word, I doubt my father heard that since his youth..."

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