[Beowulf] Re: Interesting

Hearns, John john.hearns at mclaren.com
Fri Oct 29 07:40:17 PDT 2010



> -----Original Message-----
> 
> I guess that we don't think too much these days about the archival
> properties of paper and pen, simply because it's seemingly so much
more
> stable than the various computer formats.  I wonder how resistant to
> aging modern printer/copier paper is versus its older equivalent?  I
> know for example that newspaper quality went way down in the latter
> half of the last century to where copies of pre-WWII vintage editions
> survived much better than stuff out of the 60s and 70s, which
> deteriorated very quickly.

EE, bah gum:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-British-Library-unveils
-new.5882827.jp



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