Digital Archaeology
*planted: 16/10/2021last tended: 27/11/2021
1. Digital Archaeology
1.1. Hardware archaeology, also software archaeology
1.2. Hardware
1.2.1. Keeping old gear going
1.3. Software
1.3.1. Old technologies like Macromedia Flash
1.3.2. Obsolesence of old software?
1.4. Questions
1.4.1. Is there a difference between hardware and software archeology?
1.4.2. Is one more difficult than the other?
1.4.3. Were devices made back then designed to last longer? What was their lifespan like?
1.5. The exhibition
1.5.1. Enjoyed the BBC Micro
1.5.1.1. Coding Basic
1.5.2. Tim Berners Lee first website (vague but interesting)
1.5.2.1. First website, 1991 (proposal 1989)
1.6. Speed of change
1.6.1. Acoustic coupler from 1982 - a phone handset converting signals!
1.7. Archie, first search engine, 1989
1.8. Digital archeology is …
1.8.1. digging up and restoring websites
1.8.2. Involves both hardware and software
1.9. Tbl made first web browser with first web site
Archaeology involves both software and hardware
1.10. Lost code
The code for the coffee pot cam was lost and had to be recreated
1.11. Macs stood the test of time a bit better
1.11.1. Quite a lot of machines are Macs there
2. Elsewhere
2.1. In my garden
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