Surely there is enough computer history knowledge and old equipment out there to figure out what operating system was in use on these computers, and how to get it going on a replica. Try eBay, even...

(more). Only 17 years after its creation, the Domesday Book Mark II can't be read. The BBC computers used for the project no longer work and the disks on which it was stored are not readable by other computer systems. But the 917-year-old original is still available to researchers in London's Public Records Office." (more) [future of the book news]

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