how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

[Carlo Pisani]

thus, MO drive units are not reliable?

2018-07-21 23:34 GMT+02:00 Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>:
> On 07/21/2018 02:12 PM, TeoZ via cctalk wrote:
>
>> I have old IBM MO Worm disks that are still readable, same with all my
>> MO disks (3.5" 130MB, 5.25" 1.3GB) but drives can be iffy. I would bet
>> that MO media will outlast us all while finding a drive to read them
>> will be a problem.
>
> I've got a few old PMC Apex 4GB disks.  I suspect that finding a working
> drive will be most difficult.  Heaven knows, mine died years ago.
>
> --Chuck
>