Digital BW, The Print

Yes, thank you, Eddie... that's it, that's the brand. Couldn't think of it right off hand!

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edward wiseman" <pahts@...> wrote:
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> Hi..
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> The "master source" for the gold CD's/DVD's is MAMA, which stands for MITSUI AMERICA..I've been using their products for years w/o any problems..They have a couple of distributors in the USA..Do a GOOGLE, and you find them..
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> Eddie
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>   From: Paul 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 12:27 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: CD/DVD failure?
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>   Glad to hear you mention gold CD's, but I haven't had trouble locating them. I got them on-line, sorry I don't have that source handy right now. I also use gold DVD's for backing up valuable videotapes.
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>   When I submitted photos to the National Register, they specify they want the files on a gold CD.
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>   All that said, I'm sure they're not perfect either. Another issue is how long will we have CD drives around? I had some valuable files on a 5 1/4" floppy and had trouble finding someone with a working drive. Now it's my understanding computers don't come with 3 1/2" drives and not even CD drives. 
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>   Are solid drives the next wave? By that I mean large capacity flash drives... seems I've heard that somewhere. But even then, what new format files will be on the horizon... something other than jpg or even tiff?
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>   As the line from "Fiddler on the Roof" goes, "asking questions that would cross a rabbi's eyes"!
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>   On the other hand I have some valuable family photos on box camera negatives, from 620 or even 116 film. And I can still use them by scanning them... I should think some way to read physical negatives will always be around.
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>   Paul
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>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ben" <benjschneider2@> wrote:
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>   > This was a topic I looked into years ago. Then, I learned that all CDs were not equal. That the gold CDs were better in archiving data. But it has become hard to find the gold ones. 
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>   > I also learned that it is better to write a CD slowly. That fast writing does not make as good an image on the CD which fading will ruin quicker. That slow writing will make a more distinctive image, and be read longer.
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>   > I also learned not to write on a CD! At least on the silvered, or gold part. That most pens have ink that can damage the image on the CD. There is only a thin layer of lacquer protecting the silver or gold on the CD. That lacquer can be damaged by the pens ink. I only write on the hub, clear part, of the CD.
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>   > I also sleeve, or case all my CDs and DVDs. I am also careful to handle them only by the edges, or center, never touching the image area.
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>   > I too keep the CDs, and DVDs in a cool dry, dark place. CDs are written by light, so why couldn't they be damaged by light? Common sense?
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>   > I just dug out some CDs written in 2003 to reprint some images. Even though these were on silver CDs, I had no problem reading them. I have recently opened CDs I wrote in the 1990s and they worked. Are you that had CD failures taking these precautions?
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>   > Ben
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