[Year 12 IT Apps] [OT] Saving old source code

[Mark KELLY]

We can read Chaucer in the original, but trying to read source code
from Apple ][ floppy disks has become a tense saga.

Now that the digital dark age has begun - will digital data survive
even a decade nowadays?

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/04/prince-of-persia-source-code/

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Mark Kelly
Manager of ICT, Reporting, IT Learning Area
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria, Australia
Direct line / Voicemail: +613 8520 9085, Fax +613 9578 9253
kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au (don't use my Edumail account!)
VCE IT Lecture Notes: http://vceit.com
Moderator: IT Applications Edulist

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An E-flat, a C, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says, "I'm sorry,
but I can't serve minors."