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Stragely enough, this came from an interview I had with some NPR folks where they asked for the longest-lasting medium and I told them. My pal Dave Giovannoni, a fellow 78 fanatic, used to do work for them as well. The name of the funding group for the conversion work in the feature was the Smolian-Giovannoni Foundation. Steve Smolian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Hamm" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] long range file storage > Reminds me of the April Fools' Day news article that NPR ran a few years > back, purporting to report on an ambitious new project of the Library of > Congress to reproduce all known sound files on wax cylinders - the > rationale being that this is the most low-tech and therefor most > perdurable > medium for long range storage. No power is needed for playback, just a > cranking arm! > > Russ Hamm > > >>Perhaps what we need is a method of storing digital files on a shellac >>disc?! They seem to last forever, barring disasters... >> >>Steven C. Barr > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 8/11/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.7/70 - Release Date: 8/11/2005