Re: [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Karl Miller" <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> And what is the take on this article?
> 
> " If you want to avoid having to burn new CDs every few years, use
> magnetic tapes to store all your pictures, videos and songs for a
> lifetime"
> 
And we know, often from sad experience, that magnetic-tape storage
is often somewhat short of one's lifetime!

Too bad we no longer press shellac discs, which do seem to have
a life just short of eternal (if not dropped and basement drains
don't get plugged and back up...)

Steven C. Barr