Can't comment on floppies (anyone still use those other than for sneakernet?)
> The Verbatim CD-Rs are about 2~3 times the price of other > brands. > Anyone got any experience with recently made Verbatim > products? This was discussed not too long ago on one of the Linux lists, I thought it was this one. 2-3 times the price is irrelevant when you're talking 40 cents or 1.20, if you intend to keep the data. Don't by funny-named junk at the Warehouse & Co, though if they sell Verbatim they're as bad as any Verbatim. Verbatim and Imation are identical (they have identical manufacturer ID, i.e. are made in the same factory). Look at their underside and notice the various distortions - yuk. Bottom line: the only ones worth trying are probably Verbatim/Imation and TDK, but I'd rate them midpoint at best. Benq might not actually be any worse. You can not buy any decent CD-R these days, even less one which had any longevity tests done to it. I still wouldn't use magnetic media though. DVD-+R are probably ok, there I rate Verbatim as good. Of course it's easy to burn important disks on new media every 2 years. Alternatively, someone mentioned magneto-optical, but the drive will be very expensive, and the media will be expensive and relatively small-capacity. You want something safe, you pay a safe price :) Make damn sure you store media dry, not too warm, and in darkness(!!!). Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
