[game_preservation] Kotaku: Videogame History MuseumKickstarter short on funds

[Christian Bartsch | softpres.org]

On 24 Aug 2011, at 00:41, Vincent Joguin wrote:


> http://www.oldskool.org/disk2fdi

> Has been available for almost a decade and has been used for over 5 

> years for professional preservation of floppy disks. The associated 

> FDI format is able to accurately store all information from a floppy, 

> and is supported by a number of emulators.

>



I would like quote a post by you made to the Software Collectors list 
(SWcollect on Google) on the 4th of August 2011 ("Re: [SWcollect] So, 
"that" Akalabeth..."):



> Unfortunately, no analysis tool exists for FDI files, and this is 

> indeed the strong point of the CAPS/SPS solution, although more 

> information can be derived from an FDI.


I always look at things from two perspectives: data ingestion and 
preservation. I can accept people doing this for their own private 
collection, but not analysing data ingested and checking for 
authenticity and integrity to me feels grossly negligent in a 
professional environment meant to deal with preservation. If you don't 
know an asset is good, what will you do when you find out two decades later?

Again, I can understand that casual user going after disk2fdi for 
budgetary reasons, but I feel preservation needs to be done right. This 
would - to my understanding - include storing data as it was meant to be 
written (which only can be done after analysation). Otherwise you can't 
write it back to a disk (to e.g. create a clone for use in an 
exhibition) or simulate the effects certain protections have in emulation.

I would like to add that this is nothing personal, and also not meant as 
an attack on your tech. I just feel the word "preservation" is being 
used inflationary recently.


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Christian Bartsch
The Software Preservation Society
http://www.softpres.org
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