Re: What medium will be readable in 25 years?

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From: Sven Heinicke
Date: Thu, 09 May 1991 15:34

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In <MJD.91May8015642@saul.cis.upenn.edu>, mjd@saul.cis.upenn.edu writes:
>
>    Now admittedly cuneiform is a low-density medium, but our
>technology's improved a little, and we could probably get quite a few
>bits on a slab of clay, or better yet, macro-defect-free cement.
>
I think you have something going here, wall paintings on some of the 
cathadrels (sp?) last for hundrads of years and they are only fixxing
them up now, kinda of like restoring a old archive that you only want
because you miss it.  macro-defece-free cement, has this been done?

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sven@cs.widener.edu                                  Widener CS system manager
Sven Mike Heinicke                                          and Student
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