Preserving old floppies, fixed disks...

From: David Wollmann <dwollmann_at_ibmhelp.com>
Date: Wed Mar 11 12:47:42 1998

At 10:13 AM 3/11/98 -0800, you wrote:
[snip]
>That said, I have 8" floppies from the early 70's that still read
>just fine. I can't say the same for CD-ROM's...

Are you having problems reading the silver discs, or CD-Rs? How old are they?

I'm just curious to know how CDs are holding up over time. I've heard that
some CD-R discs aren't lasting more than a couple years, while others have
no problems.


David Wollmann
dwollmann_at_ibmhelp.com
Received on Wed Mar 11 1998 - 12:47:42 GMT