[LINK] Aussie scientist reboots NASA data

[Jan Whitaker]

At 11:53 PM 12/11/2008, grove at zeta.org.au wrote:
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/vintage_ibm_tape_drive_moon_dust_data/
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>Now THAT is an excellent example of why we need standard portable
>and backwards compatible data formats!

There was a story about this in the Oz this week. He's looking for a 
fanbelt from a '72 Toyota Corolla. I don't know if he was joking or not!!

Jan



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