ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader) (05/18/84)
Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site clyde.UUCP Path: dciem!utzoo!watmath!clyde!stan From: stan@clyde.UUCP (Stan King) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: film stock fading Message-ID: <424@clyde.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-May-84 18:47:34 EDT Article-I.D.: clyde.424 Posted: Wed May 16 18:47:34 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 17-May-84 07:24:18 EDT References: <248@harvard.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany NJ Lines: 14 Marty Sasaki: > > Wait, I take that last statement back. Magnetic storing > > and digital storage in general will last as well. Stan King: > Has anybody here ever tried to read a ten-year old magnetic digital > tape? 20-year old? Seems like color film compares pretty well to that. Mark Brader (me): Well, there are other digital media, some of which are write-once-then- read-only. Punch cards, for instance! Or to enter the realm of the practical, digital laser disks. Technology similar to this has been used for computer mass storage at least as long ago as the ILLIAC IV. Mark Brader