Re: [ARSCLIST] CD Longevity (was Vinegar syndrome audio tapes [ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs and more)

[Gary Sprung <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Conrad wrote:
> Richard L. Hess wrote:
>
> > At 02:27 PM 1/21/2006, Bob Conrad wrote:
> >
> > > Richard L. Hess wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > http://www.uni-muenster.de/Forum-Bestandserhaltung/downloads/iraci.pdf
> > > Maybe I'm reading his tables wrong, but it seems as if the only gold 
> > > phthalocyanine dye CD-R tested was Kodak Gold 650MB.  Does anyone 
> > > know what other brands fall into this category?
> >
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > The Kodak is discontinued. I believe at least the MAM-A falls into 
> > this category. This is what I use.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Richard
>
> Richard --
>
> Sorry to sound stupid, but what is MAM-A? I don't think I've ever 
> heard of it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Conrad
Bob,

IIRC, Kodak licensed its gold phthalocyanine dye from Mitsui Chemical, 
the patent-holder. "MAM-A" meant Mitsui Advanced Media-America until it 
became a subsidiary of Computer Support Italcard (CSI) of Milan Italy. I 
don't know when "MAM-E", Manufacturing Advanced Media Europe, came into 
being, but "MAM-A" probably now stands for Manufacturing Advanced Media 
America. So, the same dye is "cast" under many names.

Gary Sprung
Carmel, CA