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Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Overview-The Problem and My Solution
The Problem We Are Trying to Solve
``I Want My Thesis!''
Historical Value
Intellectual Property and Patent Searches
Alternatives Which We Considered Impractical
Preserving Only the Raw Byte Stream
Maintaining Vintage Systems
Emulators
Maintaining Full Copies of the Operating System and Relevant Applications
Translating the Data into an Industry Standard Format
Overview of What We Implemented
TCFS-The Digital Rosetta Stone
Design Goals
The Solution
The Archivist-Translating Greek into English
Capture
Design
Degradation of Media
Capturing Data from the Operator
Translating
Word File Format - ASCII is ASCII is ASCII
MFD-Master File Directory
UFD-User File Directory
Output to DAT - Rooms of Tapes to Shoe-Boxes of Tapes
The Table of Contents-Finding a Needle in a 250 Gigabyte Haystack
How it Works
What We Would Really Prefer
Future Work
File Classifier
Stage 1: Identifying Executable Files
Stage 2: Differentiating Text and Binary Data Files
Stage 3: Other File Types
Summary of Classifier Prototype
Concordance
Combining All of the Above Pieces into Production Quality Software
Authenticity
Conclusion
TCFS Format Specification
References
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