Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:58:19 +1100 (EST) From: Peter Jeremy <Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R and Scanner recomendations for CD archiving of records? Message-ID: <199803182158.IAA29649@gsms01.alcatel.com.au>
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On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 07:18:23 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> wrote: >In message <Pine.GSO.3.96.980317144022.23331B-100000@p-1>, William Maddox writes: >>What other medium would you suggest for 5 to 25 year storage? >Paper-tape, punched cards, Most current paper contains enough acids to self-destruct over this time frame. You'd need to find someone willing to supply paper-tape or punch cards using archival quality paper. (And someone willing to find and maintain the tape/card readers). > barcode on microfilm ? If it used a silver base, I'd tend to agree. I don't know what current microfilm technology (if it still exists) uses. >As for CDR living for 30 or 100 years, I'll belive that in 25 or 95 years >respectively. I tend to agree. Another option is to use the current state-of-the art and be prepared to perform regular maintenance on the data - ie regularly copy it onto newer media. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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