On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 08:21, Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: > AFAIK, cd's only have a usable life of about 30 years > before the die, not sure about cd-r's, probably even > less. Not that great as a long term backup solution :-(
I have some standard audio CDs I bought about 20 years ago, & they still play fine. It's the writeable ones I'm keen to know about. > jeremy. > > > From: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2002/09/29 Sun PM 10:03:35 GMT+12:00 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Philip Charles > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: Canterbury Linux Users Group > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Harvey Norman CD-Rs: > > Chemistry & Capacity > > > > Got any idea how "short term" is defined? > > > > -- > > Sincerely etc., > > Christopher Sawtell -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
