Hi Charles! :-)

 CA> I remember reading about magneto-optical years ago but not much
 CA> recently. I guess the cost-per-megabyte isn't competitive
 CA> enough right now but you are correct it seems CD burning is not
 CA> good long-term archival storage. :-\ 
Yeah, the cost-per-mb is not competitive compared to CD prices, true, and
the cost of the drives is another factor. Most people around here wouldn't
spend 300 Euros for a drive, no matter how realiable the technology and how
cheap the discs are. Lots of people here have ZIP drives. There the drive
is relatively cheap, but the discs are expensive. A 100M ZIP disc even
costs more than a 640M MO disc.

Ciao
Pascal

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