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Now I'm dreaming about a program that would simply play a high-res photograph (scan) of a vinyl disk... This also reminds me of the idea to use paper for archi
by Koshkin 6y ago
Now I'm dreaming about a program that would simply play a high-res photograph (scan) of a vinyl disk...
This also reminds me of the idea to use paper for archival. This is based on two factors: that modern office paper is extremely durable (and is likely to outlast most of the other physical media out there), and that scanners are (and have been for years now) extremely high-resolution; so, you can simply print the bits (say, of a zip file) as dots, and then you could use a scanner to read the file back!
- wwn_se 6y agoInteresting concept the biggest problem would probably be data density. Like how many papers would you need to to get about dvd size. Other than than the problems in getting a reader dvds is one of the best current long time solution.
- Koshkin 6y agoWith, say, 1200 dots per inch it would be nothing to sneeze at...
- m463 6y agoyou would still need to use a de-linted discwasher with de-ionized water: https://archive.org/details/stereo-review-presents-stereo-buyers-guide-1989/page/39/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/stereo-review-presents-stereo-bu...
- jccalhoun 6y agohttps://slate.com/human-interest/2013/04/patrick-feaster-discovered-a-way-to-listen-to-vanished-gramophone-recordings.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/04/patrick-feaster-dis...
- weirdkid 6y agoLike the old Cauzin Strip Reader.
- abrookewood 6y agoCoding Horror has an overview of some paper based archive options: https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-paper-data-storage-option/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-paper-data-storage-option/