Software preservation via media migration

Many people who work daily with automatic test equipment (ATE) are using obsolete computer hardware. This is mainly due to the high cost and known risks associated with transferring test software over to a new computer system. Those people who find themselves in this position share a common goal; they must preserve the integrity of their valuable test software and historical data, no matter what they decide to do about their aging hardware. A proven method of software preservation is to migrate away from older media, towards the safety of modern storage technologies. This can be done without doing a computer replacement or it can be done as an added safety measure, after a re-host effort has been initiated