Subj : Resurgence of non-mainstr
To : Nightfox
From : MRO
Date : Wed May 04 2022 02:57 am
Re: Resurgence of non-mainstr
By: Nightfox to Boraxman on Tue May 03 2022 12:45 pm
> Re: Resurgence of non-mainstr
> By: Boraxman to Kaelon on Tue May 03 2022 06:34 pm
>
> Bo> I still have some data from the 90s and 2000's, but most people I would
> Bo> wager, don't, and if they do, it is lost, obscure, opaque. Look at all
> Bo> the BBS's that existed in the 80's and 90's, how many of those are now
> Bo> lost forever?
>
> When I took my original BBS down in 2000, I burned a backup of it onto a
> CD-R. Last I checked (just a few years ago), that CD-R is still readable.
>
it's readable until it isn't. it depends on that day in the factory, the media type, your drive, and the environment it's in.
even in a perfect environment i had cds rot
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