-=> Quoting Bob Breed to Roy J. Tellason <=-

 BB> Course now you hear the arguments that they don't last that long -
 BB> window seems to be from about 3 years up to whatever. :)
 
 RJT> Yeah,  I'm not real thrilled about that,  figuring as how I want to
 RJT> archive some of this stuff for longish periods of time.  I guess lots
 RJT> of copies of stuff spread out here and there among a number of machines
 RJT> is probably the best bet.

 BB> The stories I hear about short life are in the OTR echo and I suspect
 BB> these  are guys dumping old radio programs off to cdr and playing them
 BB> in the car  - one guy states as much.

Which is why you make an archival copy and one for the car. :-)

Or get an MP3 player and an adapter. Either FM output or the gizmo that
looks like a cassete with a cable attached.

 BB> Look at any insert and you see
 BB> one of the big  no-no's is to put them in places where they have wild
 BB> temp swings - and I  think a hot car would fill that bill nicely.

The NTIS has a report available on the web that says that using sticky
back labels on CD-Rs and CD=RWs will cause trouble as well. Something
about an average life of 5 years if that's done.


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