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Originally Posted by taustin
The real problem is, languages change. This includes computer languages, for a pretty flexible definition of "language." Media changes; there are mission records on magnetic tapes from the Apollo space program that are probably uncrecoverable because nobody has a drive that can read them any more. If they are recovered, it'll cost millions.
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I dunno. I just read an article about the recovery of Bismarck's voice from an Edison roll, made sometime in the 1890s. The physical media was actually lost for many many years, and when it finally showed up, the transcription on the roll couldn't be read by the playback device. But some guy figured out an alternative method of recovery, & now we have the voice.
Couldn't be done, & then it was...