Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Jul 17, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Paul G. Allen wrote: > >> CDs, especially CDRs and RWs have a very short shelf life, IIRC 3-5 >> years. Magnetic tape has a far longer life and in case of fire, the tape >> case will melt and burn before the tape itself does (the problem is >> if/when the case melts all over the tape, encasing the tape in a >> coffin). > > It's a damned shame that high-capacity tape drives cost so much... > > I really miss having a good tape backup at home that wasn't fragile > (i.e., my external hard drives are fast and capacious, but you can drop > a tape cartridge with far fewer consequences than dropping a hard drive.)
Do you consider 13/16 GB useful? I've got a pair of Tandberg drives (MLR1,SLR32) a few tapes and a cleaning cartridge I'd let go to a good home. ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
