[ARSCLIST] CD longevity (was Re: [ARSCLIST] Reel-to-reel tapes: storage conditions and potential content retrieval)

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From: Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 07:15:26 -0800
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Don Cox wrote:

Manufactured CDs (with physical pits) should last as long as 78s.

That is far from clear. The pits and lands themselves may survive, but they are read by reflection from the vulnerable metallized layer.

Mike
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