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minus-square𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoI’m a bit of a digital pack rat but I can’t imagine having kept everything since the early 90s.
minus-squareHR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI had emails back then from both home and work (and BBS rimemail and fido) all burned to CD’s for archival. Found them 10 years ago in storage, none were still readable. :(
minus-square𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAww. That’s disappointing. cd-rw really don’t have the best shelf life unfortunately.
I’m a bit of a digital pack rat but I can’t imagine having kept everything since the early 90s.
I had emails back then from both home and work (and BBS rimemail and fido) all burned to CD’s for archival. Found them 10 years ago in storage, none were still readable. :(
Aww. That’s disappointing. cd-rw really don’t have the best shelf life unfortunately.