[geeks] Best media for personal long-term backup?

[james at jdfogg.com]

> However, you can improvise a mostly oxygen-free environment by tucking
> your disc into an almost-fully-sealed ziplock bag at room temperature
> along with a little chunk of dry ice.  As the dry ice sublimes to
> gaseous CO2, it'll displace the remaining air from the bag.  When the
> chip has almost all sublimed, finish sealing the zip.


How about a true vacuum? The "Daisy Seal-A-Meal" food storage system would
work. Or they now have special Zip-Lock bags meant to be sealed with an
inexpensive hand held vacuum pump.