Recently, Toshiba exited the digital camera business; what would happen to any RAW format they supported. Thankfully, i don't think they ever had a RAW mode - the point is, the library of VHS tapes, Hi8 and floppies and other media tossed into your closet, are not as accessible as they were a few years ago - as this article in NYTimes explains:
"To save a digital file for, let's say, a hundred years is going to take a lot of work," said Peter Hite, president of Media Management Services, a consulting firm in Houston. "Whereas to take a traditional photograph and just put it in a shoe box doesn't take any work." Already, half of all photographs are taken by digital cameras, with most of the shots never leaving a personal computer's hard drive.
Related:
Shoeboxes in the Digital World
Are your photos just a zap, glitch, or
virus away from being a memory?
Delkin 300 yr CD-Rs an
option?
