This document provides instructions for setting up the ZoomFloppy hardware and software, which enables users to connect Commodore 1541/1571/1581 and CBM IEEE-488 drives to a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. The setup guide includes: Links to external documentation ZoomFloppy diagram …Continue University of Arizona: ZoomFloppy Walkthrough Commodore Setup
This workflow document outlines the steps for creating an emulation environment in the University of Arizona EaaSI sandbox. The sequence of steps assumes that the user is accessing the service for the first time. If you are returning to a …Continue University of Arizona: EaaS Sandbox Workflow Instructions
The diagram refers to the Workflow Documentation master document linked below.
This LGIRA workflow document includes detailed descriptions of the following stages: Appraisal: Determining the value of materials; can occur prior to or after acquisition Acquisition: Acquiring materials, physical transfer of materials from creator/owner to archive Accessioning: Process of creating a …Continue University of Arizona: Workflow Documentation
The research instruments, including descriptions of data collected from this research can be found at the project’s dataverse in the Texas Data Repository: Acker, Amelia, 2020, “Fostering Communities of Practice: Software Preservation and Emulation in Libraries, Archives and Museums”, https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/U4ZJIJ, …Continue Research Instruments: “Fostering Communities of Practice: Software Preservation and Emulation in Libraries, Archives and Museums”
If you’re interested in the scholarly study of emulation in digital preservation workflows or learning more about the FCOP cohort as a community of practice, you can read the preprint of “Emulation Encounters: Software Preservation in Libraries, Archives, And Museums,” …Continue PREPRINT Emulation Encounters: Software Preservation in Libraries, Archives, And Museums
If you are an information professional currently involved in implementing or planning software preservation programs and want to learn more about implementing emulation services, check out the report from this fieldwork, “Emulation Practices in Place: Coordinating Software Preservation in Libraries, …Continue Emulation Practices in Place: Coordinating Software Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums
This worksheet includes several key sets of work by the retroTECH team: Detailing scenarios for use and access which includes: Types of stakeholders involved in each use case Defining the user’s goals or what they want to so with software …Continue Georgia Tech: Scenarios for (Re)Use and Access
This document includes a detailed six month project plan which outlines milestones and intermediate sets of work that the retroTECH team undertook to achieve those milestones.
Slide deck from the FCoP 2018 Project Kick-off Meeting at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.
This interview packet contains the following: Purpose statement for the retroTECH Software Preservation Oral History Project Procedures, or “what to expect” when participating in an oral history Overview of the Oral History Agreement or “Deed of Gift” Interview outline and …Continue Georgia Tech: Oral History Project Interview Packet (Faculty/Staff/Alumni Donors)
This interview packet contains the following: Purpose statement for the retroTECH Software Preservation Oral History Project Procedures, or “what to expect” when participating in an oral history Overview of the Oral History Agreement or “Deed of Gift” Interview outline and …Continue Georgia Tech: Oral History Project Interview Packet (Student Donors)
This plan outlines the following: Possible user test types Resources and examples of other user tests in archival projects Potential users and the retroTECH Online stakeholder categories that they correspond to Two examples of retroTECH user test designs Possible data …Continue Georgia Tech: User Testing Draft Plan
This spreadsheet template was used for collective ideation within the retroTECH team. There are five tabs in the spreadsheet: Guiding Question Stakeholder Roles & Definitions User Stories: Priority, Stakeholder Role, “I want to”, “so that”, Categories, Relationship to other work …Continue Georgia Tech: User Stories Spreadsheet
This image provides a snapshot of user story development and prioritization by the team within the retroTECH Online ZenHub account. Because retroTECH Online was partially a software development effort, it was helpful to apply an agile project management framework towards …Continue Georgia Tech: User Stories in Zenhub Snapshot
This matrix corresponds to the ARL Code of Best Practices for Software Preservation and the Software Stories that were developed as part of retroTECH Online. The “Situations” listed in the matrix correspond to the five situations or scenarios in the …Continue Georgia Tech: Review of the ARL Code of Best Practices