Re: [ARSCLIST] Preservation media WAS: Cataloguing still :-)

[Jerome Hartke <jhartke@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem is that all of these require head-media contact when reading
(playing) content. This degrades the media to varying degrees. Digital
optical storage is a non-contact design, and includes robust error
correction as a bonus.

Jerry
Media Sciences, Inc.

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> 
> Grooved disks do seem to be the cockroaches of audio storage -- ie they
> seem to survive all sorts of
> conditions that destroy other media, including the simple march of time.
> 
> Cassettes -- I have a good built-in laboratory here because my father had
> one of the first cassette
> duplicating operations in NY. I have quite a few tapes from those days.
> Quick aside, some of the
> better ones, as far as content goes, are the Pan Am-produced "walking
> tours" of various European
> cities. I gotta transfer those so I can pop them into my iPod if I ever
> have a free half day in one
> of those cities.