Scanning in another set of original floppy disks from the 90s for my retro collection. This is an upgrade version of "MS Word 6.0 for Windows". I think having good scans of these media themselves is at least as important as having good disk images of their data content. 😃

#Retro #FloppyDisks #RetroComputing #Diskette #Preservation #Scan #Collection #Windows #Microsoft #Office #Word #InternetArchive

Just wrote a little something after staring at 40k lines of #x86 #Assembly for a couple of weeks.

https://vito.io/articles/2026-02-15-this-is-not-rle

Reverse-engineered a weird internal #Microsoft image format for a side-project. More on that soon. :P

#reverseengineering #preservation

💘Whether yearning or in love, vintage Valentine’s art shows how 💞 were shared.

Charming & sweet, this collection of cards, covers, magazines & books from the past, are preserved for new generations to fall in love with 💌

Revel in the romance ➡️ https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/13/valentines-2026

#ValentinesDay #VintageLove #Preservation

🖤 It’s Friday the 13th, the kind of day that makes some of us knock on wood, sidestep ladders 🪜, and watch out for black cats 🐈‍⬛

🔮 Preserving cultural artifacts shows how people have made sense of chance & misfortune.

Lucky you 🍀, a Friday the 13th collection awaits ⤵️ https://archive.org/details/%40iasocial/lists/14/friday-the-13th%2C-2026

#FridayThe13th #Superstitions #Preservation

Clintons to testify on Epstein ties - Tim Dillon

#archaeology #preservation #artifacts

Original timestamp: 00:10:26

The Federal Depository Library Program (#FDLP) is calling for public comments on a draft new #preservation policy for US govt public information.
https://fdlp.gov/news/request-comments-draft-preservation-policy

PS: This is especially important when the #Trump admin is taking down public info, including publicly-funded research, and private data-rescue projects struggle to capture it all.

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Libraries #RFI #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #USPol #USPolitics

They’re not UNIX v4 tapes, but if you know, then you definitely know. 🏆

https://icm.museum

#software #archive #preservation #tape #data #history