On Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 2:23:06 PM UTC-5, Bob F wrote:

On 7/24/2017 5:18 AM, Frank wrote:


I'm considering one of those one box deals where you fill it with old
films, media and tapes etc and for a couple of hundred bucks get all
copied to modern media.

Which unfortunately dies of age 5-10 years down the line, or there is no
longer a device to read it available.


You can use archival DVD's. Guaranteed for about 300 years
but DVD's haven't been around that long to really say what
their life span is. Anyway, that's what museums and uni-
versities use.