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

[Lionel Peterson]

Well, it would be hard to lose it ;^)

Lionel

On May 6, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Bertrand Hutin <bhutin at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> 10 bytes per inch...
> so it makes 10^11 inches (100 billions)
>
> --- En date de : Sam 28.2.09, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> a
> icrit :
>
> De: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
> Objet: Re: [geeks] Best media for personal long-term backup?
> @: "The Geeks List" <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Date: Samedi 28 Fivrier 2009, 0h35
>
> On Feb 27, 2009, at 3:47 PM, nate at portents.com wrote:
>
>> So I recently began the process of pulling out my CD-R discs that  
>> are 10
>> years old and older (I think my oldest disc is now 14 years) out and
>> transferring the contents temporarily to my NAS for re-organization  
>> and
>> re-archiving, and I need to decide on the storage medium again for  
>> the new
>> (old) archive.
>
> Paper tape?
>
> (how long would a terabyte 'long' paper tape be?! ;^)
>
> Lionel
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