On Jan 9, 8:15 pm, John Callahan <jcalla...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > On Jan 9, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Dan wrote:
Hi John! > > > At 10:10 PM -0800 1/8/2009, Paul wrote: > >> One thing that never got mentioned was how much storage this project > >> will use. Are you talking about dozens of DVD's, or over 100? > > > - Dan. > > -- > > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth I did a Post re: archive size - nothing definite yet. My Options on file size, dpi variables, and potential individual file compression usage, are not locked in place yet. I WANT to keep it to 10-15 DVD's but still prefering CDR's at this point. Research is ongoing. > Haven't read anything in this discussion about the use of flash > memory for archiving photographs etc. Would someone expand on this? > Great discussion, one of the best and most informative I've seen on LEM. Excellent Question! Easily Answered! Flash Memory IS NOT ARCHIVAL. Period! To Over Simplify The Reason - The fast changing materials which 'flash' on and off to store the 1's and 0's are inherently unstable. For the Memory to be quick it has to change fast, but a quickly changing material generally doesn't resist change well. Over time the material evolves to give an incorrect 1 or 0 or an indeterminate answer. Compared to the volatile system ram in our mac's they last a really flippin long time. But long term storage it isn't. I can over personal experience of having encountered messed up files on my CF cards that were sitting unused for a couple of months. I usually keep em empty for quick use as needed, but a 128mb card and an 8mp dSLR is essentially an exercise in futility! The 128's sat in a draw as soon as my 20D came on the scene! > John Callahan Richard > If there are no dogs in Heaven, when I die I want to go where they > went.¨ ..... Ah - What He Said Times TEN. Go Will Rogers! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
