If we lose the optical disk what will we have for archiving? Financial data coming from the bank is rapidly moving to computer files. What about those pictures we take to help in filing a fire insurance claim? Your last decade of income tax filings.
Home-written CD-ROMs are not the best but they seem to be pretty good for half a decade and perhaps longer if protected from the environment. Pressed optical disks are very much better but not suitable for the likes of personal financial records because of initial expense. Floppies are terrible. So is magnetic tape. Flash, which is stored charge on MOSFET gates, will never be archival. Resistors that exhibit two crystal states have interesting possibilities but are quite a way off. Off-site storage as encrypted files on a trusted server with associated charges is available but costly and subject to government interference. Printed paper in a safe deposit box seems to be the best except for icons chiseled into granite. Punched paper rolls of piano music are the highest fidelity source of old music. What are Apple Entertainment, Inc. and the Lion King (Disney, Pixar) doing to help? -- --> Halloween == Oct 31 == Dec 25 == Christmas <-- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
