M-Discs will do the trick for a couple centuries, which should exceed the span in which the data needs to be stored. Requires a burner that can handle the discs though.
That “pretty much” is doing a lot of lifting. They’re not commonplace in laptops now, but industrially they’re still quite common. Same is true of tape backups, which the average consumer would swear is dead tech. If you want to store your files perpetually on disc, you’ll be able to get a reader for that disc easily enough 50+ years from now. It just may not be installed by default.
Considering we still have vinyl players and that techs over 50 years old, it’s not too far of a stretch to believe cd tech will still be around in another 50 years.
1973 was 50 years ago, vinyl fully replaced shellac around the 60s, but the flat circle records that we know of have been around since like the late 20s or so. So way over 50 years.
Vinyl mainly still exists because it is the one lasting technology that is analog music recording technology. CD on the other hand is the first technology of the digital age there when it comes to music. It has no real benefits or distinguishing features over other digital storage (of music or data) to keep it alive.
M-Discs will do the trick for a couple centuries, which should exceed the span in which the data needs to be stored. Requires a burner that can handle the discs though.
M-Disc is the way if you’re going to use optical discs for backups.
What good are discs that last a couple of centuries when optical drives have already pretty much died out by this decade?
That “pretty much” is doing a lot of lifting. They’re not commonplace in laptops now, but industrially they’re still quite common. Same is true of tape backups, which the average consumer would swear is dead tech. If you want to store your files perpetually on disc, you’ll be able to get a reader for that disc easily enough 50+ years from now. It just may not be installed by default.
CD technology isn’t even 50 years old at this point. Making such confident predictions about its availability in 50+ years is ridiculous.
Considering we still have vinyl players and that techs over 50 years old, it’s not too far of a stretch to believe cd tech will still be around in another 50 years.
Over 50? Technically true I guess but I’m still offended
1973 was 50 years ago, vinyl fully replaced shellac around the 60s, but the flat circle records that we know of have been around since like the late 20s or so. So way over 50 years.
Vinyl mainly still exists because it is the one lasting technology that is analog music recording technology. CD on the other hand is the first technology of the digital age there when it comes to music. It has no real benefits or distinguishing features over other digital storage (of music or data) to keep it alive.