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Pressed media will last an incredibly long time if produced correctly and not subjected to violence.
by actionfromafar 2y ago
Pressed media will last an incredibly long time if produced correctly and not subjected to violence.
- mathgeek 2y agoSome CD-specific stats here from about 16 years ago at the Library of Congress (which thankfully disregards CD-R's and the like): https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/CDservicelife_rev.pdf https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rt/CDservicelife_...
- actionfromafar 2y agoIf I read that correctly, about half of the CDs will have failed after 200 years.
- mathgeek 2y agoThat's my reading of it as well. For personal archival purposes, that's very risky. For "some of it will survive" purposes it's great.