Re: Archiving - In general

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

Bob Larkin wrote:
> 
> We have 2 Plasmon 1800 jukeboxes with 110 12 Gig platters in each, and 2 
>Plasmon
> rapid changers, with 12 12Gig platters in each. these were manufactured by
> Cygnet, who was later purchased by Plasmon.
> 
> Anyway, the Plasmon has 12 inch optical platters with 5.6G, 12G, and 30G.
> capacity. the published longevity of the the 12 and 30 Gig platters is 100 
>years
> for reading and 30 years for writing.

But the question remains, in 100 years will you have the hardware
capable of reading this (well preserved!) media?

jte



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