I highly recommend a proven long term media, Cave walls. There is 
graffiti on some that is 20,000+ years old.

-graywolf



Rick Womer wrote:
> Frankly, I find discussions of "archival media"
> amusing.
> 
> If you had an "archival" 5 1/2-inch floppy, where
> would you read it now, less than 20 years later?
> 
> Suppose you could find a drive, how would your
> computer interpret a vintage WordStar document? Heck,
> even the current MSWord for the Mac can't open Word
> 1.05 documents (and good luck finding a compatible
> floppy drive!).
> 
> Our digital photos will "turn into pumpkins" because
> of technological change, not because of media
> deterioration.  
> 
> That bothers me; I can look at the slides my father
> took when I was a kid 50 years ago, and my kids can
> look at the slides I took of them 50 years from now,
> but who will be able to look at the pix I've taken
> with my ist D since March in another 10 years?  Maybe
> not even me!
> 
> It is a definite "down side" of digital photography.
> 
> Rick
> 
> --- John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/
>> The author is a little biased towards one import
>> brand, but he gives good 
>> reasons, and his technical insight into writable
>> optical media is worth the 
>> read.
>>
>> John
>>
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