From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 18 14:37:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA10479 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:37:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au [203.17.66.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA10397 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 14:37:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au ([139.188.23.1]) by gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IUUFE3BSUO0039W7@gatekeeper.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:58:26 +1000 Received: from cbd.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #9238) with ESMTP id <01IUUFE1PXS090O3ZQ@cim.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:58:24 +1000 Received: from gsms01.alcatel.com.au by cbd.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.1-7 #U2695) with ESMTP id <01IUUFDZENOWAZTHVU@cbd.alcatel.com.au> for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:58:21 +1100 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsms01.alcatel.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) id IAA29649 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:58:19 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:58:19 +1100 (EST) From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: CD-R and Scanner recomendations for CD archiving of records? To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <199803182158.IAA29649@gsms01.alcatel.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 07:18:23 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >In message , 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