At 09:26 PM 5/26/2005 Wayne Johnson wrote:
At 06:26 PM 5/26/2005, Rick Glazier typed:
I thought they made negatives flame resistant around 1955 or so... (??)
Does that mean the honeymoon video tapes should be ok in the safe ? <lol>
Oh we were discussing other kinds of tapes such as tape backups.
That does NOT mean they won't shrivel up at lower temps that what
paper combusts at tho. Paper can be read even if it turns a little
brown but it doesn't take much to render film or tape unusable even
tho they haven't gone up in flames. The best bet would be a HD for
that kind of storage even tho most catastrophic losses of data has
nothing to do with acts of God.
Most of the small safes advertised in the Sunday newspaper fliers are
only rated to protect paper, not media. You'll need to find one that
specifically states that it's a media safe to protect backups from
the heat of a fire. The best bet is to place a media safe inside a
regular safe to increase the protection level.
Bob Reardon
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