[pchelpers] Fresh start for lost file formats

Saw this article moments ago and felt sure some of you would like to 
know about it:

*Long lost file formats could soon be resurrected by pan-European research.*

The 4.02m euro (£3.58m) project aims to create a universal emulator that 
can open and play obsolete file formats.

Using the emulator, researchers hope to ensure that digital materials 
such as games, websites and multimedia documents and are not lost for good.

The emulator will also be regularly updated to ensure that formats that 
fall out of favour remain supported in the near and far future.

Called Keeping Emulation Environments Portable (Keep), the project aims 
to create software that can recognise, play and open all types of 
computer file from the 1970s onwards.

More here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7886754.stm

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