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
>
>

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