Who created Dioscuri?
Dioscuri has been developed by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (national library of the Netherlands) and Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, with support from software company Tessella Support Services plc. Initial ideas about Dioscuri started at the end of 2004 as part of developing a strategy for digital preservation to ensure that interactive applications (like games and other digital objects) would remain accessible for the long term. In 2005 the project team was founded and a special design for a durable and flexible emulator has been created. In 2006 and 2007 Dioscuri has been build step by step following the official specifications for various hardware components. In 2008-2009, development was continued under the umbrella of Planets, a major European project on digital preservation. With the launch of Dioscuri in July 2007 to the open source community, the team aims to gain better support and contributions from the community. Currently, development is done within the European KEEP
