how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?
Chuck Guzis
cclist at sydex.com
Sun Jul 22 20:11:41 CDT 2018
On 07/22/2018 05:46 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
> Somewhat of a tangent, but this just popped up for me.
>
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/07/microfilm-lasts-half-a-millennium/565643/
I read through to the end of the article and can't quite see where the
500 year lifetime comes in. Microfilm is a Mylar base with a gelatin
coating containing bits of elemental silver, no? Why would this last
for 500 years? Do we even have a 250-year old piece of intact gelatin?
--Chuck
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