terry white wrote:

> ... ciao:
>
> : on "4-22-2007" "Jens Knoell" writ:
> : media, i.e. which one is safer? magnetic vs. optical vs. electronic?
>
>     optical media is not a 'long term' storage solution ...

Nor are magnetic or electronic (solid state) storage particularly good
long-term solutions.

Magnetic tape is probably the best option, but it needs to be
adequately shielded against electromagnetic interference.

Unfortunately, the data density of punched tape is too low to be of
practical use nowadays.

--
Glynn Clements <glynn@gcle...>
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