Longevity of CD-R (was RE: Preserving Newspaper.)

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Nov 11 01:43:01 2002

"Chandra Bajpai" <cbajpai_at_attbi.com> wrote:
> I've heard a lot of Taiyo Yuden...what makes them better than anyone of
> the others?

I don't know what T.Y. does differently than anyone other manufacturer,
I just know that the product is more reliable than those from many of
their competitors. It doesn't much matter to me exactly HOW they
accomplish that; it could be by sprinkling magic fairy dust over them or
by having them blessed by a Zoroastrian priest. Or perhaps they use higher
quality materials or better manufacturing processes.

> How do you know you are getting one of theirs vs. other
> mfgs (as you just experienced)

By using software that shows the contents of the ATIP data area on
the disc. The open-source program cdrecord does this; presumably
there must exist other programs that can do it.
Received on Mon Nov 11 2002 - 01:43:01 GMT