On Wed, 20 Mar 2013, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 03/19/2013 02:30 PM, Gary Oliver wrote:
I can't speak to the permanency question, but
my friend was satisfied
after his own personal 'abuse' testing.
Perhaps not close to 1000 years, but certainly across a lifetime spam--I
would think that these would be handy for preserving family photos,
particularly of important events such as weddings.
I was thinking, for some reason, of Stan Ovshinsky and his phase-change
storage in chalcogenide glasses. Is media using this more permanent than the
usual dye-based DVD-ROM or CD-ROM material? Anyone know?
What about SDHC cards for long term storage?
g.
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