Archival storage

[woodelf]

der Mouse wrote:

>Paper may actually not be totally out of the question.  With decent
>printing technology you can get about 75dpi with fairly clear
>readability
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>>Does anyone know if there are optical formats that can reliably
>>deliver 10 year shelf-life?
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>Ummm...do pressed CDs count?  (As opposed to CD-Rs and CD-RWs.)  Not
>many collections of data are worth doing a one-off pressed CD, but it
>may not be out of the question for some data.
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Umm give me the record instead -- @1200 baud  :)
What ever happed to the cheap write once media , something like paper 
tape or magnetic
stipe cards  with I think laser holes similar to a CD. I saw it in BYTE 
once but I never heard
 about them again. Note Digital Paper looks like a intersting storage 
medum too,

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