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I like the added idea of vacuum packing plus a metal container for the most valuable paper texts. I admit I have a few pages from my school days which are surviving in hanging file folders over the last 30-odd years. So far, so good. But I recognize the weaknesses (fire, flood, theft).
Now I stick with digital-only backups, duplicate DVD's kept at home and work. Text formats dating back to ASCII are still readable so I'm more concerned about the changes in storage media. I've got nothing on hand that'll read 3.5 or 5.25" floppies, much less 8" floppies. But on the other hand, all the text I've ever written fits onto a DVD so I'll just have to copy a few discs worth of data to the "next" format (I'm currently skipping Blu-Ray writables).
Now, just kidding here, a stone tablet takes this to the next level...
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