Subj : Enduring File Formats
To   : Moondog
From : Kaelon
Date : Sun Jul 17 2022 13:21:10

  Re: "Highly profitable" Bay S
  By: Moondog to Kaelon on Sun Jul 17 2022 09:39 am

 > Hard copies are nice for that reason.  Established digital file formats are
 > also good.  The document scanning program used to make the original file was
 > mostlikely created to no digital recording standard, if such thing existed.
 > The program could save as or convert it's paperport format into PDF or TIF,
 > which is more universally accepted since the mid 1990's

I can get on board a universally accepted file format; TIF, for sure, and even PDF, if Adobe weren't such a squirrelly company.  (Remember when Shockwave Flash and .SWF files were the standard for web-games?)  I imagine at some point basic unencrypted .TXT files might be the key to longevity.  PDF and TIF for now, for sure, but anything that has endured longer than 30-40 years has my vote.
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