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Saturday, December 10, 2011

BBC Domesday Project re-released on touchscreen computer after laser disc archive fails

BBC Domesday Project re-released on touchscreen computer after laser disc archive fails: "The original calfskin Domesday Book has survived for over 900 years, considerably longer than a mirror project by the BBC launched in 1986 on laser discs.

The corporation’s aim was to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the book with a modern-day version using quotes, maps and videos - but the discs just didn’t take off and within 10 years the equipment that could read it was obsolete.

Now the whole project has been rebooted, with the Domesday Project loaded onto a computer with a 52in touch-screen that’s on display at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park."

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