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Hi Michiel,

On 2023-08-22 11:08:57, you wrote to me:

 WV>> It was way more then 1%...

 MvdV> 10%? Even if it was 30% it fades away against the increase in speed. I
have
 MvdV> seen the modems speeds increase from 300 bps to 30000 bps. A HUNDRED
fold
 MvdV> increase! What is a mere 30% better compression compared to that.

With that that increase in speed also came an increase in content. So better
compression still made sense...

 MvdV> Nowadays with speeds measeured in Mbps or even Gbps isntead of kbps
 MvdV> itis completely irrelevant for Fidonet.

That's true...

 WV>> And in a museum available "real" space is probably a lot more
 WV>> expensive then available "virtual" space in AmigaNet, which is kind
 WV>> of limitless...

 MvdV> The virtual space needed to store the museum pieces may be "limitless",
it
 MvdV> is certainly not effortless. Once you store a painting in a storage
hold,
 MvdV> it does not require much attention any more. It can also easely be
 MvdV> retrieved in case someone wants to see it. Digital data is different.
 MvdV> Without the equipment to read it, it is useless. When storage media
become
 MvdV> obsolete you have to transfer the data to a new medium. I no longer have
 MvdV> the means to read paper tape or punch cards. I could probably make
pictures
 MvdV> of it and have some smart optical recognition software read it. Floppy
 MvdV> disks is more difficult. Compact disk is even more difficult. Long term
 MvdV> storage of digital data is not all that easy without constant effort and
 MvdV> cost...

A few years back I wanted to read some stored CD's serveral years old, and I
couldn't. In hindsight, it wasn't that surprising. They were stored in the
living room in a rack, where light could get through to them. And they weren't
the best quality, certainly not archive quality...


Bye, Wilfred.

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