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Article #1605Re: Info on OPTICAL DISCS for Unix Vaxen sought
From: kuo
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1987 00:28
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1987 00:28
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In article <421@hslrswi.UUCP>, robert@hslrswi.UUCP (Robert Ward) writes:
>
> Hello Net,
>
> We are considering purchasing an optical disc for long-term archival of
> sources, news articles, data files and so on.
>
> Does anyone have experience of using such a beast ? I am looking for
> pointers indicating what is available. Of course issues such as
> reliability, usability, life-time of the discs themselves,
> cost-effectiveness, etc., are also of great interest to us.
>
I would like to hear info about this "worm" (write once read many) optical
disk devices too. We are seriously considering using them for on-line data
storage for physics experiments.
... Peter/
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!alberta!sask!skatter!kuo From: kuo@skatter.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Info on OPTICAL DISCS for Unix Vaxen sought Message-ID: <290@skatter.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Feb-87 19:28:08 EST Article-I.D.: skatter.290 Posted: Fri Feb 6 19:28:08 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Feb-87 18:38:11 EST References: <421@hslrswi.UUCP> Organization: Accelerator Lab, Saskatoon, Sask. Lines: 29 Keywords: optical disc archive Summary: Me 2, please!