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<DIV>In a message dated 9/9/2005 11:25:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU writes:</DIV>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I am
curious if anybody on our ILAT listserv has experience in working<BR>with
gold-plated CDRs as an archival strategy. I am contemplating<BR>using
this type of media for archiving language data.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Yes, I have been using the Mitsui Gold CDs, although I think the name has
changed slightly. They are supposed to have a shelf life of 100+
years. I have not had any problems with any of the disks, and I hope there
are none in the future. Of course I doubt if I'll be around to see if
they last that long! </DIV>
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<DIV>In any case it will probably be necessary before too many more years to
migrate the files onto some newer media and format. </DIV>
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<DIV>Jim</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="11">Jim Rementer,
Director<BR>Lenape Language Project<BR>The Delaware Tribe<BR>220 NW Virginia
Avenue<BR>Bartlesville OK 74003<BR>918-336-5272, ext. 503 (work)<BR>918-333-5185
(home workshop)</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>