22 Jul
2018
22 Jul
'18
9:05 p.m.
Throughout this whole thread, I've been tempted to say that you get better
data fidelity if you take a green magic marker and mark the edges of the
disk...
Of course, I know people here will get that old, tired meme... It got me
wondering, though, if anybody tested that hypothesis for longevity since
the marker would seal the edges... maybe :)
Warner
On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 9:07 PM, hollandia--- via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Is there any relationship betwween the SPEED at which
laser-disks are
written and the length of time that the recording will last?
Kurt
> On Jul 22, 2018, at 6:47 PM, Chuck Guzis via
cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> On 07/22/2018 06:34 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
>
>> On premises has the exact same problem as tape. You must have a
>> refresh plan. That?s the advantage of off prem, you don?t have to
>> worry about refresh.
>
> I don't exactly follow you. In the case of a specific example for NASA
> and its vendors a given mission may involve tens of thousands of tapes.
> When a mission concludes, tapes are usually bundled off to a warehouse
> and then later junked. There's no money in the mission budget for
> preservation ad perpetuum.
>
> --Chuck