On 07/22/2018 06:33 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > >> 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.
Half-inch open-reel tape at 1600 PE density. Should be good for 50 years at least. --Chuck
