DATs, Was Re: arsclist Duplicating casette tapes

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> Long-term stability of DAT seems poorly documented. I have read 
> anecdotal reports which lead me to question it. For the same reason, 
> I am leery of suggesting any DVD format, though that would allow 
> still higher sampling rates.
>
> Mike
>
> mrichter@xxxxxxx
> http://www.mrichter.com/

Do you have any specifics or sources for the anecdotal reports? I am 
interested because we are doing our archiving to DAT--given that the 
shelf-life of CDs, and therefore, presumably, DVDs is really an 
unknown.

Barbara

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