[Coco] Sigh of relief, refresh your floppies!

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 26 March 2010, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>> I learned long ago to write at the slowest speed offered and do not use
>> CD-RW.  DVD-RW is better. Have not tried BlueRay yet.
>>
>> Multiple CD-R copies of course. But they need only last for a few years
>> now. Do not store in a room with bulls also.
>
>For serious archiving, use an enterprise grade linear tape drive.  An
>LTO-2 tape is orders-of-magnitude more robust than even the best hard disk
>and far, far beyond recordable optical media.
>
>Even older technology has proven quite rugged: I can still read DC-250
>tapes from 1989 that have been stored in the garage for 20+ years.
>
>Avoid rotary head data drives (DAT and 8mm) like the plague.  I've had
>enormous problems with these over the years and I don't think I'm alone.
>
>Steve
>
Nope, you have lots of company in that little red wagon bound for he!!.

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