Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:23:00 -0800 From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> To: Stacy Millions <stacy@millions.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Maxtor Firewire Drives Message-ID: <3E5B9864.2000900@tenebras.com> In-Reply-To: <3E5A91D2.70403@millions.ca> References: <200302240959.03513.wes@softweyr.com> <20030224103601.L22218-100000@steeltoe.niceboots.com> <20030224205811.GD85610@hal9000.halplant.com> <20030224210152.GC26172@pir.net> <3E5A8C67.7070805@mitre.org> <3E5A91D2.70403@millions.ca>
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Stacy Millions wrote: > In a previous life, I worked at a place were they expected to be able to > restore files after 25 years. We had quite a collection of tape drives. Yes, the medium in most cases will be (theoretically) readable long after there are no devices capable of reading it. That's the real problem with some archival materials. Paper tape (acid-free paper) looks pretty good... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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