From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 17 05:37:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA13273 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 05:37:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA13268 for ; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 05:37:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com) Received: (from gibbs@localhost) by narnia.plutotech.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id GAA01519; Tue, 17 Mar 1998 06:33:38 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 06:33:38 -0700 (MST) From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Message-Id: <199803171333.GAA01519@narnia.plutotech.com> To: "Gary T. Corcoran" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R and Scanner recomendations for CD archiving of records? Newsgroups: pluto.freebsd.hardware In-Reply-To: <199803162125.OAA10861@narnia.plutotech.com> <350E08D4.51CD5568@idt.net> User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-971204 (UNIX) (FreeBSD/3.0-CURRENT (i386)) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <350E08D4.51CD5568@idt.net> you wrote: > Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >> Be aware that CD-R media is extremely fragile. I would not consider it >> for long term archival purposes. > > Could you explain a little? I thought some manufacturers were _claiming_ > that their recorded disks would last 100 years! ? The gold foil of most CD-Rs is un-protected by a layer of plastic. Catch the disc on the lid of it's case or something else and you've just trashed it. > Gary -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message