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I wonder how many software from the 70s and 80s in not so famous languages are lost forever. And if is there an effort to preserve such works?
by pacofvf 11y ago
I wonder how many software from the 70s and 80s in not so famous languages are lost forever. And if is there an effort to preserve such works?
- HeyLaughingBoy 11y agoWhat for?
- vidarh 11y agoHistory, for starters.
- jes 11y agoHere is one effort. There may be more of course: http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/ http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/
- nandhp 11y agoThe Computer History Museum has established a Software Preservation Group: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/ http://www.softwarepreservation.org/ They also have artifacts like MacPaint source code in their collection: http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658076 http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102658076