OT: Archiving data (LONG)

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed May 31 12:44:00 2000

>> Maybe photographic film quality "paper tape" is the answer. The other
>> solution may be photographic film floppy disks. I'd better get right off to
>> my patent attorney and file.
>
>Mylar punched paper tape has a VERY long lifetime and is even human
>readable (well sorta ;)).

What ever happened to the really high density laser punched mylar/paper
tape that was being talked about so much a few years ago? Much higher
density than magnetic tape, and very very long archival life.
Received on Wed May 31 2000 - 12:44:00 BST