OT: Guide to archival CD/DVD media

[P. J. Alling]

The latest MB is only 6 months old.  I expect to use it for the next 
three years.  In many way's it's not much more advanced than my Win9x 
test machine which I bought two years previously.  I expect to be able 
to use it for the foreseeable near future.

Jostein Øksne wrote:
> Next time you buy a PC, you may need a separate PCI card for floppy
> support. Many of the current motherboards don't have that circuitry
> anymore.
> Jostein
>
> On 12/5/06, P. J. Alling <webster26 at mindspring.com> wrote:
>   
>> Rick Womer wrote:
>>     
>>> Frankly, I find discussions of "archival media"
>>> amusing.
>>>
>>> If you had an "archival" 5 1/2-inch floppy, where
>>> would you read it now, less than 20 years later?
>>>
>>>       
>> I still have a dual 3 1/2 and 5 1/4 floppy drive that's in it's 6th or
>> 7th computer, (can't remember for sure), for just such an occasion.  You
>> never know...
>>     
>>> Suppose you could find a drive, how would your
>>> computer interpret a vintage WordStar document? Heck,
>>> even the current MSWord for the Mac can't open Word
>>> 1.05 documents (and good luck finding a compatible
>>> floppy drive!).
>>>
>>> Our digital photos will "turn into pumpkins" because
>>> of technological change, not because of media
>>> deterioration.
>>>
>>> That bothers me; I can look at the slides my father
>>> took when I was a kid 50 years ago, and my kids can
>>> look at the slides I took of them 50 years from now,
>>> but who will be able to look at the pix I've taken
>>> with my ist D since March in another 10 years?  Maybe
>>> not even me!
>>>
>>> It is a definite "down side" of digital photography.
>>>
>>> Rick
>>>
>>> --- John Celio <np at neovenator.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/
>>>
>>>       
>>>> The author is a little biased towards one import
>>>> brand, but he gives good
>>>> reasons, and his technical insight into writable
>>>> optical media is worth the
>>>> read.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
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