> > Old 40 and 60 GB tape cartridges and the drive to use them are in a > backroom somewhere as forgotten technology waiting to be given away to > someone. I am not saying this is best for you but the old stuff is out > there, hardly used in many cases and still viable. They were designed > for long term archiving from the start. No one much cared about that > with CDs as they are so convenient. > > Keeping disks in controlled environments is important too. especially > regarding sunlight. >> > > It seems from this excellent interchange that for long term storage > tape is the longest lasting. Does anyone have suggestions for > converting computer images to tape? What is the life of 35 mm > slides? I have some ten thousand of them that I have been scanning > and burning to discs. Upsetting to learn of the failure of disc > storage. Thank you
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