Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!tut!jarmo From: jarmo@ae.tut.fi (Jarmo Sorvari) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: 8mm for long term storage Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 09:57:55 GMT Sender: news@funet.fi (#Kotilo NEWS system ) Distribution: comp Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: naali.ee.tut.fi A friend told me that 8 mm tapes hold their data RELIABLY for only something like 6 months. The media never was designed for digital storage, and the bits sort of "leak through" the base material. Winding and unwinding periodically would slow down a bit this degradation. Is this true? How is it with DAT tapes? I'm sure this is an important factor for many, when deciding between 8 mm and DAT. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! Jarmo Sorvari Control Engineering Laboratory ! ! jarmo@ae.tut.fi Tampere University of Technology ! --------------------------------------- BOX 527, 33101 Tampere, Finland -----