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by mihvoi 1516 days ago
Make multiple copies in various places, including read-only like CD/DVD. Re-copy at regular intervals.

Do not underestimate the resilience of paper format, however it's harder to move it to digital again.

More ideas that you could also use for programs: https://meaningofstuff.blogspot.com/2015/05/backup-your-smar...
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kwhitefoot 1516 days ago
> however it's harder to move it to digital again.

Should be fairly easy if you print bar codes, qr codes, etc. We used to have programs distributed on paper with a simple hand held bar code reader. With modern printers and error correction this should be extremely robust. You could just take a phone cam picture.

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