The main appeal of digital archives is that they can then be digitally scanned. And, I think it would be useful to have an "AI" of sorts that can parse and categorize all those old articles (like "technical articles" versus "advertisements" - or something that could find first/last names of folks who authored articles or were mentioned in articles, and try to map them between articles). (to me AI is more about assisted or augmented intelligence, not actual artificial intelligence)
But the appeal of printed material is "validation" that those digital archives aren't AI-generated or "doctored." Aside from the technical details, they are also witness to the cultural aspects of how things were presented and advertised. But as real estate costs grow, for sure there comes a point where we just can't physically store everything (or at least not everything in a safe, roden-protected, weather-proof means). In a way - modern society is "migrating" into cyberspace. I suspect within 100 years we'll have a "digital nation" online, where from today's perspective we're not able to comprehend how they'll address physical legal boundaries between the virtual ones. Or as we recognize that we're just not equipped to expand into outer-space, effectively the depth of cyberspace is nearly equally infinite. On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM brad via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Yes I find them useful also. But they are almost all archived on > archive.org.. so I wondered how much value an actual paper copy would > have. I thought Peoples Computer Company had a decent circulation (like in > the tens of thousands) and could be expected to turn up from time to time. > Have to pay more attention.Sent from my Galaxy > -------- Original message --------From: Bill Degnan via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> Date: 2024-07-16 3:38 p.m. (GMT-08:00) To: > "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Cc: Bill Degnan <billdeg...@gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Re: Old vintage > computing magazine/newsletters Personally I find them invaluable for > research.BillOn Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 5:53 PM Brad H via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org>wrote:> Just a 'survey' sort of question - how much > value do you guys put in> vintage> copies of old newsletters, magazines, > etc. I'm talking mid-1970s, like> People's Computer Company, etc. Someone > has been selling them one at a> time> on ebay and they routinely go for > $125+ each! Was PCC fairly low> circulation? I have no idea how rare > these things are - if I should just> dive in to have my memento or wait. > Looking at auction history it seems to> be the same group of 2 or 3 bidders > going nuts over them.>>>> One newsletter I would love to find an original > copy of is Micro-8.. but I> think the circulation on that was just a > hundred or so, so probably> unlikely. It has some blurbs from Grant Runyan > in there, who built my TVT> and Mark-8.>>>> But yeah, I just wondered if > you guys think generally this stuff *should&> be> considered valuable - > given most/all is archived online.>>>> Brad>>
