X-Message-Number: 5636 Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:52:59 -0800 From: "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <> Subject: Re: CD-R as storage I'm curious why recordable CDs are not considered a reasonable storage medium for archiving data? From what I've read about longevity, they are vastly superior to any form of digital tape. There is some information on archival properties of CD-R technology available in articles at The CD Information Center http://www.cd-info.com. I'm also curious if anyone knows how well CD-R media would survive the cool down and rewarming to LN2 temperature. Presumably, if neither the cooldown nor rewarming processes result in unrecoverable damage, indefinite storage at LN2 temperature would be just as viable as for human patients. If no one has tested this, perhaps we should run our own experiment. I have a Yamaha CDR100 and will volunteer to help with testing. Leonard Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5636