> Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Doubt what you want, but good CD plastic, properly stored, has a two
> century life. It is inherently more stable chemically than film,
> especially
> colour, negative or positive.
Ok, show me your 2 century old CD ! That is an *estimate* (if I'm not
mistaken).
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that in a common home written CD a *dye*
is used to record the data, unlike music CDs which have a metal (aluminium ?)
medium. The plastic just supports the recording medium.
> You should save the software as well as the data.
> You may want to keep some hardware too....
> The CD format should be popular for another decade or two, and
> accessible
> for another decade past that.
And don't forget to keep *multiple* copies of those CDs, just in case the
plastic
turns back into tar and the dyes decompose !
Wayne Harridge
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~w_harridge
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