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Re: History of Media Storage Devices



Preservation in the Digital World, Conway, 1996. (first chart)

http://www.clir.org/cpa/reports/conway2/

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Childs-Helton [mailto:SChilds-Helton@INDIANAHISTORY.ORG]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 10:30 AM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Re: History of Media Storage Devices
>
>
> From somewhere in the foggy past I remember seeing a chart
> that showed the
> storage capacity of clay tablets onward, showing a clear inverse
> relationship between the amount of information that could be
> stored versus
> longevity of the storage medium (for example, clay tablets
> can only store a
> few characters per inch, but they last forever!).  Hopefully
> someone on the
> list whose past is less foggy than mine will have an
> immediate citation to
> this chart.
>
> Cheers,
> Sally Childs-Helton
> Mauscripts Cataloger
> Indiana Historical Society Library
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Koonts [mailto:russell_koonts@NCSU.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:46 AM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: History of Media Storage Devices
>
>
> Greetings.  I have had a request to locate an article or
> series of articles
> that document the evolution of storage devices and storage
> capacity from
> clay tablets to current MO technology.  Can anyone offer
> recommendations?
>
> Thanks
>
> Russell Koonts
>
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