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"Think of it as a Wayback Machine for executable content." Internet Archive already doing some of this. https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary https://arch
by gnat 8y ago
"Think of it as a Wayback Machine for executable content."
Internet Archive already doing some of this. https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary Jason Scott pushed hard for JSMESS, the in-browser emulator that brings the archived software to life. https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php/Javascript_Mess https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php/Javascript_Mess
This is one of a few similar projects. The government Archives offices of most countries have to not just preserve digital records but also the software necessary to read them. Mick Crouch is the legend in New Zealand who does a pile of this work: https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/346630/outdated-tech-trove-keeps-digital-archives-alive https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/346630/outdated-tech...
- unixhero 8y agoI find it it pretty ignorant for a publication as venerable as IEEE to miss the fact that archive.org already has this.
- Jaruzel 8y agoNear the end of the article it does say: We are not alone in our quest to keep old software alive. For example, the Internet Archive is preserving thousands of old programs using an emulation of MS-DOS that runs in the user’s browser... And also then goes on to refer to other Living Software Preservation initiatives.
- rasz 8y agoarchive.org tried it with whole Amiga software collection https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12242095 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12242095. It lasted 11 days before being removed.