As a curious (perhaps pointless) counter-example: I've got some software on oiled paper-tape that is going to outlast the DC600 tapes, floppies, CDs, DVDs and harddrives that it's been migrated to over the years.
Not that there's going to be much actual call for my copies of PDP8/e Focal or OS8. I just have to keep my Teletype reader serviced and I'm all set. On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:04 PM, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > on 2012-06-04 10:54 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote > >> Sorry - writable optical media fail MUCH faster than hard drives, have >> less capacity, and are much more maintenance work. >> I wouldn't touch Blue-Ray for archive storage, don't bother with DVD >> either. > > > indeed, i have a spindle of 90 or so DVD-R blanks that have been a paper > weight in my office for several years; if someone wants them … > > but yeah, somehow i have managed to hang onto the first files i produced on > a Mac (MacPaint files from 1985, which the OS can _still_ render); after > spending their first few years on a floppy disk, they've been moving from > hard drive to hard drive ever since > > > >> Rotating media hard drives are cheap and are currently the most >> reliable and best bang for the buck capacity wise. > > > and with a good backup and verification strategy, will demonstrably last > many decades > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
