On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Liam Bedford wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 02:38:29PM +1000, Justin Mason came forth with:
> >
> > Shouldn't be too much of an issue with CDR's, as they're quite solid,
> > but DATs or other mag-tape systems can have reliability problems.
> >
> CDR's are not known to be the world's most reliable system.. especially if
> you don't use the Gold ones.. (and there's another dye now with a 100 year
> life)
>> The normal blue/cyan ones only have a life of 20 years, and it's degraded by
> UV etc...
>But in the absence of UV, they gradually degrade at room temperature, so
you really just need a light-tight fridge. :-)
Ronan C
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