Date   : Wed, 04 Dec 2002 13:26:07 -0000
From   : "Colin f" <colin@...>
Subject: Re: DIGITAL DOMESDAY BOOK GETS NEW LIFE

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <gilbertd@...>
To: "Richard Gellman" <r.gellman@...>
Cc: "BBC Micro Mailing List" <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] DIGITAL DOMESDAY BOOK GETS NEW LIFE


>
> P.S. My gut feeling is that there is a factor of 4 to be had in lossless
> compression of those images (at least); and I bet there is enough
> compression potential for very tightly controlled lossy compression to
> get the whole lot onto a DVD ROM.

I imagine 10 years from now the surviving members of this list will be
discussing what to do about the impending inaccessibily of the Domesday
DVD-ROM due to hardware obsolesence... and someone probably having an old
Master that still runs it fine from LD ;-)

Personally, I'd like to see the whole lot on a web site, with a choice of
updated or BBC emulator front-end.

Colin f