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RE: [Digital BW] Archiving digital

2005-03-18 by Seth

Since they are neither mechanical nor magnetic, they should last forever.
Unless the interface gets corroded and can't make contact.

But, I HAVE washed (accidently) two different brands, recovered them before
they hit the dryer, dried them out for two days and still use them.

Seth

==-----Original Message-----
==From: Bob Frost [mailto:bob@...] 
==
==Do you or anyone else know the potential life of images 
==stored on CF or similar cards? These are getting so big so 
==quickly, that I could imagine them being storage devices in a 
==few years - if the info is reasonably permanent on them.
==

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