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Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio storage on external hard drives
TANFL .... There Ain't No Free Lunch...
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Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Audio storage on external hard drives
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From: "Scott Phillips" <scottp@xxxxxxxxx>
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> It is a pity everyone must become IT managers.... But then everybody
> already was, of a different type. There doesn't seem to be any way
> around it. A pity digital formats are so unforgiving when they
> deteriorate... And least analog is more recoverable when the media is
> trashed.
The interesting thing is, that based on several criteria: Lifespan (and
absence of natural deterioration); ease of data recovery; obviousness
that
the artifact contains data and how to retrieve that data...the best
choice
would seem to be the shellac disc! However, nobody makes them, or even
makes the equipment to make them!
Steven C. Barr