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Comprehensive CHM Software Collection Offering Preservation and Access to Vintage Consumer Computer Software

CHM Software Collection, Consumer Software, Preservation, Vintage, Archive, Media Recovery, Collection Priorities, Simulation Targets

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Comprehensive CHM Software Collection Offering Preservation and Access to Vintage Consumer Computer Software

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  1. CHM Software Collection • Current holdings (approximate) • 1000 1/2” tapes • 500,000 cards • 2000 8” Floppies • 9000 5” Floppies • 2000 3” Floppies • Bias towards consumer computer software (80’s to present) • Some interesting things in the collection • Tim Litt LCG Archive (DEC10/20) • HP1000 Software Archive • B 5700 Source Tapes • Sigma 5 Software (cards and tapes) • DECtape Collections (DECUS 12-bit and PDP10)

  2. CHM Software Collection • Collection Priorities • Systems in the CHM Collection • Systems that are simulation targets • “The Software 100” (Operating Systems, Diagnostics, Applications) • Obtaining Copies of Other Existing Collections • Evangelism and Proactive Collecting of software in danger of extinction • Media Recovery Lab Goals For FY07 • Paper Tape Reader • Punched Card Reader • DECtape Reader • 7 and 9 track 1/2” Tape Reader • Media and Formats Working Library

  3. Software Archive Plans • Linux/RAID system for short-term data archive • Local copy of external web content (e.g. bitsavers.org) • Visibility to the world!

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