Date   : Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:30:46 -0000
From   : blip@... (John)
Subject: Loss of BBC / Acorn sites

All,

 

As some of you already know, I've been looking at sites concerning the BBC B
especially because of my university project.

 

Just thought I'd mention that whilst the loss of individual sites is
extensive although sadly predictable, we do seem to be losing the bigger
sites - we lost updates to Stairway to Hell (STH) and 'The BBC Lives' moved
to archive which was a big shame, but these losses themselves are akin to
losing a book in a library [albeit a large book] - the top levels, e.g. the
archive searches for BBC Lives @ Retrokit
(http://archive.retro-kit.co.uk/bbc.nvg.org/files.php3.html) also seem to be
getting lost. Webrings are getting drowned in adverts, and spam material.

 

These are more like the loss of the library itself, which inevitably means
some of the smaller, more specialised documentation, can get lost forever.

 

Is there any spirit amongst you for a crowd-funding arrangement, whereby we
have a professional site that amalgamates everything out there, and takes
the burden of off some of you individually to maintain these sites? Or does
this exist and I have missed it? Should we have a fund raising drive and
propose a museum takes the burden, like the Museum of Computing History in
Cambridge, or the Science Museum?

 

This isn't a pitch, because I don't think my skills are up to all that,
merely a suggestion.

 

Best,

 

 

 

John Terry