16 Sep
2019
16 Sep
'19
10:24 p.m.
Hello!
Thank you Nelson. That confirms largely what I've largely already
known from other sources. Suffice to say a lot of the Doctor Who
episodes confirmed are being restored, just not the way we wanted.....
However everything from Third down to the latest is available.
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Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8(a)gmail.com
"This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 5:56 PM Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe(a)math.utah.edu> wrote:
A major topic on this list has been the preservation of computer
history, through museums that collect and operate old hardware,
software emulation of past hardware and software systems, and data
recovery from newly discovered, but previously thought to be lost,
archives.
I came across an article today about another major industry that has
been exceedingly careless about preserving its history:
Wipe Out: When the BBC Kept Erasing Its Own History
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/wipe-out-when-the-bbc-kept-erasing-its-o…
It is a must-read for Dr Who fans on this list.
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