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One of the nation's largest collections of vintage software and computer equipment has been forced to expand so the National Library of Australia (NLA) in Canberra can access valuable donations that are often in outdated digital formats. Staff at the library started collecting obsolete computers, disk readers and outdated software when they realised how hard it was to open some computer files and digital images from the past 20 years. NLA's manager of digital preservation David Pearson said the storage vaults included everything from a working Commodore 64 computer, to one of the earliest word processing programs, Wordstar. http://ab.co/1ZV05TI http://ab.co/1ZV05TI+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. To view the list archives go to: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the words UNSUBSCRIBE RECORDS-MANAGEMENT-UK For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]