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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: What is the life-time of magnetic tape?????
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.191341.12193@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1991Jan17.183902.24474@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 1991 19:13:41 GMT

In article <1991Jan17.183902.24474@watdragon.waterloo.edu> daford@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel Ford) writes:
>I have an old reference that states that the life-time of well cared for
>magnetic tape is about 2 years.  

We restore off backups that old now and then, and see few problems.
Tapes ten years old normally remain readable, although we pay attention
to cleaning the tape heads afterward.
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