Posted by Richard C. on 01/15/30 11:44

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"Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 04:24:10 GMT, SportySpice
> <knicker21bocker@yahee.com> Gave us:
>
>>On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 19:18:57 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs
>><roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Laser Disc lasted more than twenty years. You can bet that DVD will
>>>last just as long, if not longer.
>>
>>Whatever happened to DAT? It seemed to come and go rather quickly, at
>>least in the USA.
>
> TAPE is degradable. DAT was never a big video storage medium either.
> Non contact storage mediums won the data storage battle... a long time
> ago. Are you sure your name isn't Rip?

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DAT is most likely a better long term storage medium than DVD-R.

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