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[Vincent Joguin]

Dear Christian,

The intention of my previous post was to directly answer your initial 
message: "if there's another tech available for e.g. floppy disk 
preservation, I'd really like to see and learn from it".
I didn't mean to bother you and other SPS members with my reply, and I 
apologize if I inadvertently did so.

However, your message indeed shows limited knowledge of the technology 
behind Disk2FDI, which does feature data analysis, although of a 
slightly different kind, but also advanced data processing that provides 
many advantages on a generic level.

Best regards,
Vincent.


On 24/08/2011 14:03, Christian Bartsch | softpres.org wrote:

>

>

> 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.

>

>

> --

> Christian Bartsch

> The Software Preservation Society

> http://www.softpres.org

>

>

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