From another list-FYI "On a more sad note, I went to the Utah Library Association Annual Convention>early in May. One of the speakers said that the U.S. Census Bureau has lost>the ability to read the 1960 census data ... they are/were on punch cards.>Heck, I assume most of us are going to be IN that one! One of the problems>with digitization of information is that the software and hardware>technological advancements are so frequent that there is almost built-in>obsolescence. At some point existing data transfer and readability is going>to become problematic, ... who still has reel-to-reel tape recorders, or for that matter, 8 track tapes? Good old microfilm may be unwieldy, but it is>relatively low tech." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com