Check out this British website for a fabulous introduction to digitization
of
images.

tasi  =  "Technical Advisory Services for Images."
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/delivering/digpres.html

""However, the fragility of the media is not as threatening to digital
information as many problems associated with technical obsolescence.
In general, digital storage media will outlive both the hardware and the
software that support it. Technology is advancing so quickly that steps must
be taken to ensure that data-retrieval can continue to be supported by
appropriate platforms well into the future.  It is interesting to note that
media created as recently as the 1980s are already incompatible with most of
today's machines.  The importance of ensuring that information can be read
by future generations cannot be overstated.""

Great charts included in the articles make it easy to learn the lingo and
how to make choices.

cp in bc

PS:  Just found a Free downloadable and very fast photo manager that looks
pretty good and
prints contact sheets. "IrfanView", apparently created by a techno-kid.

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