Can anyone around the age of 30 to 35 living in the uk remember when you were at school and they were compiling an up to date version of the doomsday book it was going to be compiled on large silver discs the size of an old album. Probably the first version of a cd.
Can this record of the uk, which I remember being really in depth, be accessed today. Or did it just get forgotten about by the government.
2007-06-27 09:24:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I have no idea where you can get your hands on it but the site below may be a good start; there is more on this article there also.
Monday, 2 December, 2002, 11:02 GMT
Digital Domesday book unlocked
A rich digital archive of British life in the 1980s has been brought back to life by researchers from the UK and the US.
They have developed a way to access the information gathered by the BBC's Domesday project which had been stored on outdated technology.
The project was developed by the BBC to create a computer-based, multimedia version of the Domesday Book, marking the 900th anniversary of the 1086 archive.
But the snapshot of in the UK in the mid-1980s was stored on two virtually indestructible interactive video discs which could not be read by today's computers.
Preserving the past
The team at Leeds University and the University of Michigan in the US say they have now found a way to access this rich digital archive.
They have developed software that emulates the obsolete Acorn Microcomputer system and the video disc player.
2007-06-27 10:30:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were going to put it onto laser discs, and yes, it is a modern form of a CD, sort of the size of an old phonograph record.
Unfortunately the scope of the under taking was greater than they imagined. Remember, the Domesday Book not only included every person in England, but every cow, sheep, church, house, building, cart and hedgerow as well. The task was so massive it became unwieldy, but there are still hopes.
There was also some 'issues' with it, since the original was all about a way to tax the people, and a lot of present day residents of Britain didn't take kindly to this notion.
2007-06-27 09:30:49 · answer #2 · answered by John B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Magna Charta Volume 22
2016-05-17 16:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was in about 1987 to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the 1st one.
As I recall each county could be bought separately as quite an expensive book.
And the whole set cost a fortune!
2007-06-27 09:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-06-27 09:43:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋