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From: daford@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel Ford)
Subject: What is the life-time of magnetic tape?????
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.183902.24474@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Keywords: magnetic tape
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 18:39:02 GMT
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I have an old reference that states that the life-time of well cared for
magnetic tape is about 2 years.  

Is that the current state of affairs for magnetic tape?

What is the expected life-time (i.e., you can still read what you wrote) today?

Thanks in advance.

Dan Ford
CS, UofW