[Coco] Sigh of relief, refresh your floppies!

[Steven Hirsch]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:

> I learned long ago to write at the slowest speed offered and do not use 
> CD-RW.  DVD-RW is better. Have not tried BlueRay yet.
>
> Multiple CD-R copies of course. But they need only last for a few years now. 
> Do not store in a room with bulls also.

For serious archiving, use an enterprise grade linear tape drive.  An 
LTO-2 tape is orders-of-magnitude more robust than even the best hard disk 
and far, far beyond recordable optical media.

Even older technology has proven quite rugged: I can still read DC-250 
tapes from 1989 that have been stored in the garage for 20+ years.

Avoid rotary head data drives (DAT and 8mm) like the plague.  I've had 
enormous problems with these over the years and I don't think I'm alone.

Steve


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