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   Hi Michiel,   
      
   On 2023-08-22 11:08:57, you wrote to me:   
      
    WV>> It was way more then 1%...   
      
    MvdV> 10%? Even if it was 30% it fades away against the increase in speed. I   
   have   
    MvdV> seen the modems speeds increase from 300 bps to 30000 bps. A HUNDRED   
   fold   
    MvdV> increase! What is a mere 30% better compression compared to that.   
      
   With that that increase in speed also came an increase in content. So better   
   compression still made sense...   
      
    MvdV> Nowadays with speeds measeured in Mbps or even Gbps isntead of kbps   
    MvdV> itis completely irrelevant for Fidonet.   
      
   That's true...   
      
    WV>> And in a museum available "real" space is probably a lot more   
    WV>> expensive then available "virtual" space in AmigaNet, which is kind   
    WV>> of limitless...   
      
    MvdV> The virtual space needed to store the museum pieces may be "limitless",   
   it   
    MvdV> is certainly not effortless. Once you store a painting in a storage   
   hold,   
    MvdV> it does not require much attention any more. It can also easely be   
    MvdV> retrieved in case someone wants to see it. Digital data is different.   
    MvdV> Without the equipment to read it, it is useless. When storage media   
   become   
    MvdV> obsolete you have to transfer the data to a new medium. I no longer have   
    MvdV> the means to read paper tape or punch cards. I could probably make   
   pictures   
    MvdV> of it and have some smart optical recognition software read it. Floppy   
    MvdV> disks is more difficult. Compact disk is even more difficult. Long term   
    MvdV> storage of digital data is not all that easy without constant effort and   
    MvdV> cost...   
      
   A few years back I wanted to read some stored CD's serveral years old, and I   
   couldn't. In hindsight, it wasn't that surprising. They were stored in the   
   living room in a rack, where light could get through to them. And they weren't   
   the best quality, certainly not archive quality...   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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