This subject comes up every time some CP/M archive on the Web vanishes, or there is some discussion of data media. Of course some CP/M original media is 20 years or more old, so it is relevant. The issue in many cases is not the degration of the media, but loss of old technology and software to READ the media. A reasonable strategy is to copy data to "current" media every few years to avoid both media damage and obsolscence.

The data is held on disk for rapid access times and is additionally backed up to automated tape libraries.

Yes, Turnkey Colocation provides a FREE 10 Gigabyte disk sync service with your colocated server. All TurnKey Disk Sync space is mirrored amongst 4 geographic redundant datacenters - meaning in the event of a natural disaster, your disk sync backup will be available from one of our other datacenters. TurnKey Colocation can provide additional capacity/size as needed beyond the FREE 10 Gigabyte disk sync service.

Devices must be turned on and present when you configure the system. After adding devices you must boot -r with all the devices turned on. See also 3.18

PO.DAAC no longer distributes data on media. All products are available on-line at ftp://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/.

The amount of data that can be downloaded to RemoteArchiving.com is primarily limited by the speed of your Internet connection. Under OPTIMUM network conditions, it will take:

Most discs can be in good shape for more than one or two decades if they are maintained well. Some CD manufacturers even declare that their products can preserve data for up to one century. Though there are years of life for most CDs, their life will be shortened if you do not maintain them well.

MSI stores electronic documents on high quality CD-R media. The "R" stands for "recordable". CD-R media has a longer shelf life than magnetic media such as tape, wide support and compatibility, fast random access to files, cannot be erased or altered, and is non-proprietary. CD-RW (ReWritable) can be altered or erased, and for this reason it is not a good archive medium for both security and legal reasons.

Music may ONLY be on CD. If music is on a CD, it must be in the CDR (CD-Recordable) format. It cannot be in the CDRW (CD Re-writable) format. Duplicate CDs must be available in case of lost or broken tapes/CDs.

Yes, It is very easy to record from any audio device that has an earphone or audio out jack. Simply attach the Broadcaster audio cable to the audio out or earphone jack of the audio device and attach the other end to the audio in jack of the Broadcaster. It is that easy. Complete details are on the resources site.

No such CD exists. Perhaps you can find someone with, or purchase, one of those machines that removes vocals from a recording.

Replacements are available for defective cassettes and CDs within 30 days of purchase. You can order a replacement by contacting our consumer services department within those 30 days. Please be aware that you may be asked to verify the defect. At this time we do not offer automated web support for replacements.

We often keep the record in our archives, so if you interest to get programs that we had delivered before you can visit our studio or contact us by sending phone or an email.

We sell books on tape and CD, and offer direct download of audio books as Windows Media files. We are not directly compatible with iPod or Apple products. We also have an unlimited rental program for CD audio books.

A two disc Weight Control program is available on CD for £19.99. This is useful for those who feel the need for daily encouragement, as well as for continued encouragement after a series of one-to-one sessions.

Your CD will be shipped on the day of your order, straight from our UK warehouse. It will typically take a few days to arrive in the UK, and between 7-10 days for the United States and rest of the world. If after that time you decide the CD hasn't dramatically improved your sleeping, then simply contact us and we'll send you full details on how to return it. As soon as we receive the CD, we'll give you a full refund (minus our original S&H).

R-Studio may write to disk only from hex editor (with enabled write) or when it is explicitly directed to save files on this disk. Therefore, you should be very carefully using hex editor. In all other modes and actions, R-Studio performs a read-only and never modifies data on partitions and drives directly. Open partition, which contains your files or explore all of them if you are not sure about choice of correct partition.

The entire contents of the tape are just over 1.4Gb. We have split the tape into 3 tar archives, which can be unloaded separately: The documentation archive is so large because it includes the documentation in 10 languages. The installation instructions describe how to extract the files for only a single language, thereby reducing the amount of disk space required to unload the distribution.