On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Sun, 29 Sep 2002 21:33, Philip Charles wrote: > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Helmut Walle wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I just put one of the el-cheapo CDs into the drive, and cdrecord says > > > > > > Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) > > > > My understanding is that this means short term storage only. > > Got any idea how "short term" is defined?
Not really, but personally I would not trust them for more than six months. A figure that rings a faint bell in the recesses of my imperfect memory. Phil. > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell > > -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz