COMMENTARY: The Race Against Digital Obsolescence: Preserving Our Past

Jun 24, 2024 at 10:55 pm by WGNS News


COMMENTARY: The challenges of preserving and accessing old media formats as technology advances can be just that, a challenge. Records, cassette tapes, and floppy disks have become obsolete, and perhaps the same fate is in store for USB drives as we have already seen the such of DVDs. With more on today's data, here is MTSU Professor Larry Burriss...

 

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