Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????

Subject	Re: Alternative to Optical Storage????
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux
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From	"186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net>
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Date	2024-10-03 23:31 -0400
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On 10/3/24 1:13 PM, Rich wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>>    Optical disks - esp M-Disks - can LAST ... but they
>>    are LOW-DENSITY by today's defs by a BIG margin.
>>    It's also not clear if you'd be able to FIND a
>>    DVD reader device 25 years from now. Even most
>>    current PCs/laptops don't COME with those anymore.
> 
> Which is exactly the problem.
> 
> Your DVD 'media' might survive 1,000 years.  But if you can't buy a DVD
> reader for any price, all that 'media' is useless.
> 
> We've already seen that issue before.  Try to find a Zip disk or
> SuperDisk drive.  If any could be purchased, they would all be from
> places like eBay and of questionable operational quality.

   I actually HAVE a gen-1 ZipDisk - parallel port.
   They were supposed to be The Future  :-)

   Now nothing even comes with a parallel port.
   Does anybody sell a USB->DB25 Parallel ?

   Ah :

https://www.amazon.com/C2G-16899-Parallel-Printer-Adapter/dp/B000UX21PY/ref=sr_1_6?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1VI8pfXqbYFCqzemMpvwSeS7sWlXF85-8KCEE02Eq0U5ijmY6VQsHDd4jiHTJdbXneNSTAjv0kQYw5VX4GdbqyTSunox50IwAfWTs_yauKlzZUkYaW-1O0zu_K-T2aZ-lucb5yIPkraxSzUvcjoEALqE4U6n0B54UxrIA4O_XuR08eLCcjsrjV-zuudG7_iyjE76TOIVN5lFDy-JxuJ6Z9LWfk4rkdxNqfT1bg0KjN0.sM52_QZ_SQzD3giWHwr3zXrQaCEJ8eYQR17c0YfJzW8&dib_tag=se&keywords=parallel+to+usb+adapter&qid=1728012393&sr=8-6

  Linux drivers ???????

> The reality is the only way to 'archive' is to periodically copy one's
> archived data to newer storage systems, which involves at least the
> work of the actual copy process (and which must occur before the
> mechanical devices for the old media fail) and of verification that the
> copy process did not itself corrupt the data.

   Exactly what I said ... "forward replication". It's
   actual WORK alas .....

   "Cloud" also - but remember that the cloud can
   go away in a number of fashions - and not just
   Vlad and his boyz.

   Oh well, back to baked clay tablets - proven 9Kyear
   retention and you don't need a reading device  :-)

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        Re: Alternative to Optical Storage???? "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-03 23:31 -0400
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