RE: [OT] Another floppy question
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com
Jun 11, 2003
Regarding CDs, I have mixed experiences. Some very few commercial music CDs
(mostly hyperion and ASV brands) became "oxidized" (developed a yellowish
color from
the outer tracks growing towards the center) and unreadable after 3 - 5
years. All CD-Rs I wrote (music and data) are still usable, but I have only
CD-Rs since 3 years ago. However, a friend of mine wrote for me music CD-Rs
with labels glued to them, and these became unreadable after about 6 months.
I don't know whether the problem originated in the labels or the CD brand
(they were "generic"). They say you should not stick identifying labels to
CDs.
Regards.
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From: <irvm at ellijay.com>
To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OT] another floppy question
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> On Tuesday 10 June 2003 04:51 pm, Igor wrote:
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> > > I expect stuff in the fridge to go bad after
> > > a while, but disks?
> > >
> > > Irv
> >
> > Strange ...
> >
> > These days I burned CD-R with my old stuff from floppies.
> >
> > 470 - (1.44/3'')- 3 bad, 43 have 1..2 files with bad sectors.
> > 138 - (1.2/5'') - all good.
> > 80 - (720k/5'')- 3 have 1 file with bad sector.
> >
> > Maybe, just the hot climate of your land?
>
> Perhaps.
> If I had any software worth saving, I would try to write it to CDs.
> Does anyone yet have a good idea of how long CDs will remain
> readable?
>
> (Am I wrong in thinking that paper tape may be the best archival
> method? :)
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> Irv
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