Hi,

On 22 May 2001, at 21:59, Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote:
> I do wish I had a solution for long-term backups, but tape media folks
> are smoking crack if they think I'll pay anywhere near disk prices for
> tape.

speaking of "long term" backups, are there any informations 
somewhere how long a well stored drive without operation will keep 
data? I remember the large tape manufacturers say that their tapes 
will store data guaranteed for three years.

Thanks

mike