Re: filmscanners: Best digital archive medium for scans?

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk (Tony Sleep)]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2001 22:52:31 +0200  Florian Rist 
(florian.rist@stud.tu-muenchen.de) wrote:

> I totally agree, I suppose the best long term back up media are 
> MODs.

But the continuing existence of suitable drives is the problem there.

Best backup medium is probably binary printed on acid-free paper as 
barcodes. This is well capable of true Dead Sea Scrolls archival longevity, 
if suitably stored. 

Etched on titanium is probably worth a few aeons, at much higher cost.

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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