At 4:34 PM -0500 1/5/2009, John Callahan wrote: >It seems from this excellent interchange that for long term storage >tape is the longest lasting.
yes, but... The tape market is undergoing big changes, format, interface etc. I think the built-in obsolescence is very limiting. At least in the DVD market, backwards compatibility will let you read the discs for years to come. >What is the life of 35 mm slides? I've got some taken in the late 1960s that still look sharp/crisp with good color. >I have some ten thousand of them that I have been scanning and >burning to discs. Upsetting to learn of the failure of disc storage. Multiple copies / backups. Burned DVDs and HDs, kept in different locations. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
