Disasters and Recovery

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sun Jan 17 22:10:54 1999

> A plain old EPROM
> should be fine for 100 years if you include 100 copies of the information
> within it.

I find this proposition very doubtful at best, although I don't have any
solid figures for EPROM data retention. You seem to be suggesting a
linear relationship between elapsed time and the number of bits that remain
good. The actual curve is an inverse exponential (if memory serves).
Received on Sun Jan 17 1999 - 22:10:54 GMT