[MRCA] [Milsurplus] Lunar Photos

[D. Platt]

On 4/25/2014 5:03 PM, Wammes wrote:
> Well...
>
> Do not be too sure that CD-R will hold out. More then ten years back I 
> was the publisher of a Dutch computer magazine, PC-Active, and one of 
> our editors found more or less by accident that several brands got 
> unreadable within three years - of storage, in a closed cupboard in a 
> climate controlled office environment. We went into it and our 
> conclusion was that some manufacturers were cutting costs by trying to 
> minimize on materials cost. A well manufactured CD-R should last a 
> hundred years, if it's stored under good circumstances - we discussed 
> that at length with several of the technical people within Philips, 
> together with Sony the developers of the CD-R medium. They were able 
> to proof so as well, using Arrhenius testing methods.
>
> But as a user there is no way you can certify if the blank you use is 
> up to standard. Me, I took no risks in those days and copied my CD-R 
> data every year unto a fresh one.
>
> We coined the term "cd-rot" - which means exactly the same in Dutch - 
> for this discovery. Try Google, it got international coverage.
>
> Wammes Witkop
>
Peter is most correct!  PC magazine did an article on this very 
subject.  They discovered that all CDs are not the same with respect to 
retentivity.  As I recall Fuji (?) did rather well in that arena, as 
well as some others.  With a recommendation of same, I did a "buy" at 
one of the office box stores of Fujifilm CDs and DVD-R disks.  So far, 
so good.  No little spinel groups to migrate and re-orient..... hi!!

Jeep - K3HVG