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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
Concerning long-term storage: I wonder if something like Minidisc could be a form of long-term storage? The data on a Minidisc is semi-permanent, meaning that using a minidisc doesn't affect the data stored on it and everything is permanent unless you intentionally change it (the disc has to be heated to its Curie Point).
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Yes, albeit not MD per se. Magneto-Optical (MO) storage is absolutely a viable long term storage medium. The drawbacks relative to magnetic tape are cost and density: magtape offers orders of magnitude better storage densities at greatly lower costs per byte.