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Brian Seed wrote * latest word is that CD's won't last more than ten years, though Kodak claims over 100 years for its CD's. Hope this is not considered too much off topic... A few years ago I was following closely the development of the CD technology. The latest that I recall on this topic is that CD roms may not survive more than five years. Then IBM and a bunch of other bigies started the project to digitize all the material in the library of the Vatican. The National Science Foundation got involved and commissioned the Jet Propulsion Labs to create the specs for a museum quality Cdrom with a guaranteed longevity of a thousand years. My understanding is that JPL did that. CDRWO (write once read many) and CDR (write many read many) technology developed after I quit following up the trends of this industry and their chemical composition may vary considerably from that of Cdroms. For these, the problem lies in the transparent plastic layer (a phthalate, if memory serves me correctly) protecting the (shiny) aluminum surface reflecting the laser beam. It would be very worthwhile for someone with time in his hands to research the existence of links or information on this topic, in particular if the sources of information are not the manufacturers. Brian's mention of the article about the widely exaggerated claims of longevity of Lysonic inks is a good reminder that this stuff has a lot to do with art which excels at blurring the separation between dream and reality :):):) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ** Tips on Refilling, Refill Kits, Archival Ink, Cartridges, Paper ** ** Order On-Line http://www.missupply.com Save $$$$ ** ** MIS ASSOCIATES, INC 800-445-8296 Kits Ship Free! **
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