[Coco] Sigh of relief, refresh your floppies!

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 26 Mar 2010 at 17:24, Bruce W. Calkins wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen H. Fischer"
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just got done reading ~ 200 floppies using OS9 and Retrieve, only one 
> > disk
> > had a problem. They were written ~ 2001 when I made 3.5" copies of all the
> > 5-1/4" disks. A very good move. Now to burn them to CD where they will be
> > safe.
> 
> ===================================
> 
> As long as you understand that CDs and DVDs are not permanent either.
> 
> Bruce W. 
> 

I was reading an article where the speed of the write to a CD candetermine longevity. It 
seems that the 48X write speed are not very good for long term readablity.

james