Re: how good is the data reliability with CD ROM and DVD RAM?

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jul 21, 2018, at 3:25 PM, Carlo Pisani via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> ...
> and what about magnetic-tapes? (e.g. DDS4, DLT, LTO2)
> 
> which of them lasts for the most?

I don't know specifically.  I do know that plain old audio tapes may fail -- I 
have perhaps 100 cassettes recorded in the 1970s.  Most of them are fine, but 
essentially all of them that are Fuji brand have failed utterly.

        paul