HD Floppies in DD Drives - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Nov 1997

...
 William Donzelli wrote:

> says that they will last at least ten years. The best solution (other than
...
   mylar punched
tape) is probably the older WORM drives (not MOs!), as they 
Purely out of morbid curiosity, has anybody ever considered making Tyvek
tape?  The stuff is damned near impossible to tear and difficult even to
stretch enough to lose data. 
I don't think that indestructibility of the tape is the issue...the coating
is the problem -- sliding across the head. What are you gonna bond to Tyvek?
(still, DuPont managed to bond Teflon).