tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303975371294158246.post4906478305722663325..comments2024-03-11T10:02:17.638+00:00Comments on Digital Curation Blog: Obsolete drives; sideways thinking?Graham Pryorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12394604548989689232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303975371294158246.post-5147595823830142022009-03-11T04:42:00.000+00:002009-03-11T04:42:00.000+00:00I was about to post the same thing as Perry, this ...I was about to post the same thing as Perry, this post reminded me of hearing about that LC laser turntable thing. Although at the moment we still have turntables, some old media can't be played without harming it. <BR/><BR/>But googling around for this, apparently (putatively) consumer technology now? It's hard to tell how much to trust these guys, or what the cost is:<BR/>http://www.laser-turntable.com/<BR/><BR/>But I had imagined LC working with some fancy cutting edge research device, is this really mass produced consumer hardware?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303975371294158246.post-78591150438609798312009-03-10T23:56:00.000+00:002009-03-10T23:56:00.000+00:00Same idea, different media: The Library of Congres...Same idea, different media: The Library of Congress and Berkeley Labs have been working on a process to digitize 78 rpm recordings from a digital image of the disk:<BR/><BR/>http://www-cdf.lbl.gov/~av/LOC-final2.pptPerry Willetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917745408307365829noreply@blogger.com