whanamura

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   by whanamura 5y ago

   Here's what George Blood, the digitizer, reports: "laser turntables are designed to play 33rpm discs. Most will not spin at 78rpm. There is broad agreement they do not sound as good as stylus playback. I.R.E.N.E. ( https:/&#
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   by whanamura 5y ago

   Ok, I turned to the expert himself, George Blood, who responded: "laser turntables are designed to play 33rpm discs. Most will not spin at 78rpm. There is broad agreement they do not sound as good as stylus playback. I.R.E.N.E. ( http
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   by whanamura 5y ago

   Here's what George Blood, the IA digitization expert, said: "LPs are soft and played with a very small diamond. 78s are made from shellac which is hard and abrasive. Originally they were played with steel needles at 10x the trac
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   by whanamura 5y ago

   I work with the Internet Archive, and asked George Blood about the wear and tear using a stylus. Here's what he had to say: "LPs are soft and played with a very small diamond. 78s are made from shellac which is hard and abrasive
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   by whanamura 5y ago

   Here's what our digitization expert, George Blood, has to say: LPs are soft and played with a very small diamond. 78s are made from shellac which is hard and abrasive. Originally they were played with steel needles at 10x the tracki
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   by whanamura 5y ago

   We'd love to work with you on a donation! Here's how to get the process started. https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360017876312-How-...
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   by whanamura 6y ago

   Good thing is Internet Archive is a nonprofit, so cannot be acquired.
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   by whanamura 6y ago

   The Internet Archive already stores some big public domain data sets in IPFS/Filecoin: Prelinger Films & Librivox audiobooks. They've been partnering with Protocol Labs for 5 years. https://blog.archive.org/20
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   by whanamura 6y ago

   Sorry, "we" being the Internet Archive.
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    by whanamura 6y ago

    Hey, we are working with Filecoin.ai on a pilot program where their new minors in Filecoin Discover will host some of our open data sets like Prelinger Films and .Gov web pages. It will be an additional back up to our copies. We're hos
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    by whanamura 6y ago

    Hey,for those who would like to help the Internet Archive with their excess storage, we are ginning up a project with Filecoin.ai to store some of our open data collections like Prelinger films, .Gov data, some audio and texts. You can get