Rob,
I've just had a failure, yesterday, with a Kodak Gold Ultima
CDR. I put about 50 images on it, sealed it, so that I can add more
later, came to re-open it and it will not allow me any more access.
I'm just using a Yamaha 4416 (I think) with standard Adaptec package.
Is there any GOOD recovery software for CDs? It seems a bit of a
closed shop.
I don't actually use floppies for staorage it was just a size
for size comparison with the images.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Geraghty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: RE: Film Scanners and what they see.
> Chris McBrien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > also the more images that we can store on a piece of
media,
> > the more 'we' are liable to loose should the media fail. I can
just
> > get one image from my FujiFilm MX2900 Zoom onto a 1.44MB floppy.
It
> > could be argued that I may just loose one image if a disc goes bad
> > instead of say 400 if a CD becomes unreadable or God knows how
many if
> > a 22GB DVD switches on the 'Blue Screen of Death'.
>
> *sigh* Except that a CDR has better longevity than a floppy disk.
With
> Kodak Gold Ultima CDRs at something like US50c each, why use a less
reliable
> technology? Extending the analogy, there's no reason why a 22GB
storage
> medium couldn't be just as cheap in a few years time - no reason not
to have
> multiple backups of data. Even now in the case of your fujifilm
pics, it
> would be a small effort to make several copies of the disk with 400
images
> on it.
>
> > At the University here in Aberdeen we have some George
> > Washington Wilson originals, still on glass plates. Have a look...
> > http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~lib083/gww/about.html
>
> Thanks for the link! Some of the photos of Australia are
fascinating!
>
> Thinking of the earlier comment about not having a working CDROM
drive 50
> years hence - I wonder if we might forget how B&W (or colour)
chemistry
> works - or not be able to procure decent materials because all the
companies
> were put out of business by digicams and inkjets?
>
> Rob
>
>
