8" disk archive

[aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk]

 --- Kelly Leavitt <kelly at catcorner.org> wrote: 
> I'm actually starting the archiving of  the more
> than 1,500  8" disks that I have. Here are my
> intended methods. If anyone has any comments, plea
se
> speak up. 
> The ultimate goal is an online searchable database
> of these disks.
>  
> 1) number each diskette sequentially with date
> 2) taking a digital picture of the label
> 3) Making a catweasel image of the contents
> 4) Makine an ImageDisk image of the contents
> 5) Storing the following information in a database
> Diskette number
> Any text from the label
> System if known
> OS used if known
> Date of origin if known
> Description of contents
> if commercial software, the publisher/author
> Photo of the label
> Both disk images
>  
> Kelly
> 

Sounds like you'll be busy for a long time with
archiving all those disks.

Do you have any ideas what you will call the
site with the archive? Perhaps you should
announce a beta version (when it's up and
running) for us to test? 

I generally cataloge my 3.5" disks (mostly
Amiga, some PC and a handful of Atari ST disks) so I
 can find programs I want fairly quickly.
Having approx. 600 disks I really need to do
that, otherwise I'd be searching for hours :(


Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk