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- Assuming the hardware does not change - Assuming the software does not change - Assuming the usb device is stored securely and lightly used. Bit rot is rea
by krmboya 4y ago
- Assuming the hardware does not change
- Assuming the software does not change
- Assuming the usb device is stored securely and lightly used.
Bit rot is real
- obsrvatlarge 4y agoNeed to store virtual machines with both the operating system and the reader/converter software included. There are lots of bits that can rot...
- sorwin 4y agoNo, 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.
- obsrvatlarge 4y agoSure, 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.
- anthk 4y agoFormats change. Could you use some disk image formats from old Mac emulators made for the Amiga?
- sorwin 4y agoAssuming the book is kept under good conditions, in a humid controller room, with nobody touching it? Your point is moot. there's a reason we moved to digital media, and why nobody keeps paper copies of everything, aside for last-resort scenarios (which once again includes physical media that nobody ever touches)
- anthk 4y agoYour books will be readable in 20 years. Not so with a USB drive.