Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:49:25 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com> Cc: "Gary T. Corcoran" <garycorc@idt.net>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CD-R and Scanner recomendations for CD archiving of records? Message-ID: <1371.890142565@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 17 Mar 1998 06:33:38 MST." <199803171333.GAA01519@narnia.plutotech.com>
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In message <199803171333.GAA01519@narnia.plutotech.com>, "Justin T. Gibbs" writ es: >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! ? Kodak promises "eternal life" which a footnote explains is 30 years. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "Drink MONO-tonic, it goes down but it will NEVER come back up!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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