I am not sure anything digital can really be truly archival. We have seen just how computer technology changes. We might write the data to 100 hard drives, but what good would it do if hard drives are replaced by some new far superior technology in a few years. Everything would have to be transfered that that often does not happen. How many of you have a computer that still has a slot for 3 1/2 inch floppies?? If so how bout the 5 1/4 floppies? Go back far enough and I used a cassette tape recorder to store stuff for the Texas Instruments 994A I think it was. I wonder just how much information was lost when tape storage fell from favor. --- On Sun, 4/27/08, Gregory Stempel <fyrframe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gregory Stempel <fyrframe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: photo storage question > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 7:40 PM > I currently run with three external HDs from Lacie each one > carrying a > duplicate copy of all my image files. I also back > everything to DVD-R. I am > thinking about going to the gold technology with their > claim of true achival > storage. > > Take care out there, > Gregory > www.fireframeimaging.com > www.ebbtidegalleryofgifts.com > http://soundexposure.org ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
