BBC Micro-s, Laserdiscs, Domesday, ohmy!

Originally completed in 1986, in time for the 900th anniversary of the English survey by William The Conqueror, the Domesday Book, the BBC's own attempt to document contemporary life, the Domesday Project, garnered a lot of press recently for being less easily accessible than the original 1000-year old book, since it was made on old BBC-model computers with proprietary laserdisc hardware. However, as this excellent feature shows, the contents of the laserdiscs are being backed up to a modern medium and emulated, thanks to the work of digital archivists like Camileon. I remember using the Domesday Project when I was at school.. ahh, beautiful retro technology, *drool* :)